Yearly Archives: 2006

Reviews in The Economist, Slate and the Times

Posted on September 15, 2006 by woit

This week’s issue of The Economist has a review of my book and Lee Smolin’s, entitled All Strung Up. It’s quite positive about the point of view on string theory that Smolin and I share, and correctly identifies where we … Continue reading →

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Yet More Links

Posted on September 13, 2006 by woit

Frank Wilczek, besides his other accomplishments, is also the star of an opera, entitled Atom and Eve. More commentary on this from Betsy Devine, and Jennifer Ouellette, as well as a report here, and a review here. Paul Cook has … Continue reading →

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Various Links, Latest From Kaku

Posted on September 10, 2006 by woit

Seems like everyone is getting a MySpace site, first Michio Kaku, now GLAST. There was a conference this past week in Madrid honoring Nigel Hitchin’s 60th birthday. The program is here. The latest issue of Nature has an article by … Continue reading →

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Open Access Publishing

Posted on September 9, 2006 by woit

There’s a big debate within the scientific community in general about how and whether to move away from the conventional model of scientific publishing (journals supported by subscriptions paid by libraries, only available to subscribers) to a model where access … Continue reading →

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Noncommutative Geometry and Physics

Posted on September 5, 2006 by woit

This week the Newton Institute in Cambridge is running (with funding from the Templeton Foundation) a workshop on the topic of Noncommutative Geometry and Physics: Fundamental Structure of Space and Time. The program is here, some of the talks are … Continue reading →

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Hold Fire! This Epic Vessel Has Only Just Set Sail…

Posted on September 3, 2006 by woit

The August 25th issue of the Times Higher Education Supplement has a feature article by Leonard Susskind about my book and Lee Smolin’s entitled “Hold Fire! This Epic Vessel Has Only Just Set Sail…” (unfortunately only available to subscribers). The … Continue reading →

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Amazon Reviews

Posted on September 2, 2006 by woit

I’d really much rather ignore the activities of Lubos Motl, but his unethical behavior recently has sunk to new lows, and it seems necessary to point this out and encourage others to take appropriate action. When Lee Smolin’s new book … Continue reading →

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Links, Links, Links…

Posted on August 30, 2006 by woit

Wired has an interview with Lee Smolin. The French internet site Arte has interviews with various physicists, including one with Carlo Rovelli. If you don’t want to watch the videos, there’s a text summary (in French). Mel Schwartz died earlier … Continue reading →

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The Trouble With Physics

Posted on August 28, 2006 by woit

I’ve just finished reading Lee Smolin’s new book The Trouble With Physics, which should be released and available for sale very soon. It’s a great book, covering some of the same ground as mine, but with significant differences. This won’t … Continue reading →

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A Castle For Mathematicians

Posted on August 24, 2006 by woit

The American Institute of Mathematics was founded in 1994, with financing from John Fry, the Silicon Valley businessman responsible for Fry’s Electronics. The Fry’s store in Palo Alto is quite remarkable, containing everything a Silicon Valley geek might need, with … Continue reading →

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