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Category Archives: Multiverse Mania
Lost in the Landscape
A commenter in the previous posting pointed to an interview with Lenny Susskind that just appeared at the CERN Courier, under the title Lost in the Landscape. Some things I found noteworthy: He deals with the lack of any current … Continue reading
Posted in Multiverse Mania, Swampland
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Some News, Then More of the Same
Some News: I’ll be in England later in the month, in Oxford much of the week of the 26th-30th. That week is the week of the 2022 Clay Research Conference and Workshops. The evening of Tuesday the 27th I’ll be … Continue reading
Posted in Multiverse Mania, Uncategorized
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Before the Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe from the Multiverse
There’s a new book out this month, Before the Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe from the Multiverse, about which we’re told: One of the world’s most celebrated cosmologists presents her breakthrough explanation of our origins in the multiverse. … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Multiverse Mania
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In a Parallel Universe, Another You
From today’s New York Times, Michio Kaku explains: In physics, the concept of a multiverse is a key element of a leading area of study based on the theory of everything. It’s called string theory, which is the focus of … Continue reading
Posted in Multiverse Mania, Uncategorized
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This Way to the Universe
There’s a new popular book out this week by string theorist Michael Dine, This Way to the Universe, as well a a new Sean Carroll podcast interviewing him about the book and the state of particle theory research. According to … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Multiverse Mania
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Witten Goes Anthropic
Multiverse mania started seriously among string theorists around 2003, with a defining event Susskind’s February 2003 The Anthropic Landscape of String Theory. At the time I was finishing up writing what became the book “Not Even Wrong”, and my reaction … Continue reading
Posted in Multiverse Mania
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This and That
First, a few physics items: Mark Alpert has a new novel out, Saint Joan of New York, a thriller subtitled “A Novel About God and String Theory”, which is an accurate description. It’s published by Springer, so you may be … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Multiverse Mania, Uncategorized
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The Number of the Heavens
Multiverse mania seems to have been dying down recently, with this only the third entry in that category here so far this year, after 10 in 2018, 13 in 2017, 10 in 2016, 17 in 2015, 18 in 2014, 12 … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Multiverse Mania
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Something Deeply Hidden
Sean Carroll’s new (available in stores early September) book, Something Deeply Hidden, is a quite good introduction to issues in the understanding of quantum mechanics, unfortunately wrapped in a book cover and promotional campaign of utter nonsense. Most people won’t … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Multiverse Mania, Quantum Mechanics
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Witten Interview
Graham Farmelo has posted a very interesting interview he did with Witten last year, as part of his promotion of his forthcoming book The Universe Speaks in Numbers. One surprising thing I learned from the interview is that Witten learned … Continue reading
Posted in Multiverse Mania, Uncategorized
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