Monthly Archives: April 2005

Lubos Leashed

Posted on April 30, 2005 by woit

Lubos Motl has taken to signing some of his postings with “leashed”, and Capitalist Imperialist Pig has speculated that “My dark suspicion is that he might have gotten caught in a PC violation in the Summers Affair, forcing him to … Continue reading →

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Frist Filibuster

Posted on April 28, 2005 by woit

For the last couple days students at Princeton have been protesting the Republican’s plan to invoke the “nuclear option” and stop Democrats from filibustering a small number of Bush’s judicial nominees. This protest has taken the form of organizing a … Continue reading →

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Road Trip From Hell

Posted on April 28, 2005 by woit

According to a new article in New Scientist entitled The Theory of Everything: Are we nearly there yet? (unfortunately not available for free on-line), “The hunt for the theory of everything is turning into a road trip from hell – … Continue reading →

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50 Years of Yang-Mills Theory

Posted on April 27, 2005 by woit

There’s a new book out, entitled 50 Years of Yang-Mills Theory, edited by Gerard ‘t Hooft. It contains some excellent review articles about topics related to Yang-Mills theory, together with short introductions by ‘t Hooft. Many but not all of … Continue reading →

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LHC Startup Scenarios

Posted on April 25, 2005 by woit

Everyone in the particle physics community is avidly awaiting the startup of the LHC accelerator at CERN, scheduled for 2007. A new preprint by Gianotti and Mangano entitled LHC physics: the first one–two year(s) gives some idea of what to … Continue reading →

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Taking a Break

Posted on April 22, 2005 by woit

This week I’m quite busy so I’m taking a break from landscape-bashing. Instead I’ll just quote someone else; it’s up to you to guess who. “Suddenly it’s not too important whether a theory teaches us something new about the real … Continue reading →

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Conferences Not To Go To

Posted on April 18, 2005 by woit

This week in Santa Fe there’s the International Conference on Science and Consciousness, where Michio Kaku will be giving a keynote address. He’ll explain how “Many physicists today believe in the multiverse, i.e. Genesis is constantly taking place in a … Continue reading →

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Dine on the Landscape

Posted on April 13, 2005 by woit

Michael Dine from Santa Cruz was here at Columbia this afternoon to give a talk on “Branches of the Landscape”. His talk more or less corresponded to his recent paper with the same title. He’s following the philosophy pioneered by … Continue reading →

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New Quantum Field Theory Textbook

Posted on April 12, 2005 by woit

I recently ran across a very good new quantum field theory textbook in the bookstore. It’s called Quantum Field Theory: A Modern Perspective and is by my ex-Columbia colleague V. Parameswaran Nair, who is now at City College nearby. The … Continue reading →

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This Evening’s Finds in Theoretical Physics

Posted on April 10, 2005 by woit

It’s late tonight and I have to prepare a class for tomorrow, so I don’t have time now to figure out what is going on here. But if you want to see something really strange, take a look at Susskind’s … Continue reading →

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