Monthly Archives: December 2005

David Gross Admits String Theory is in Trouble

Posted on December 9, 2005 by woit

The latest issue of New Scientist has an article entitled Nobel Laureate Admits String Theory is in Trouble. It describes remarks by David Gross at the recent Solvay conference in Brussels, mentioned here earlier. Gross described the current state of … Continue reading →

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The Cosmic Landscape

Posted on December 7, 2005 by woit

Susskind’s new book, The Cosmic Landscape: String Theory and the Illusion of Intelligent Design is now out. It’s basically a lengthy version for the general public of the argument that he has been, with some success, trying to sell to … Continue reading →

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Roadmap for Fermilab

Posted on December 6, 2005 by woit

Over at Quantum Diaries, Rob Gardner has an interesting report on a lunchtime informal brown bag talk given yesterday by Pier Oddone, the director of Fermilab. He includes some telegraphic comments about prospects for financing future accelerators (the ILC and … Continue reading →

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LatexRender

Posted on December 3, 2005 by woit

I’ve just added LatexRender support to this weblog, using Steve Mayer’s WordPress plugin. In principle you should now be able to add formulas in TeX in the comments by putting the TeX in between [tex ] and [/tex ] (without … Continue reading →

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Sciencegate

Posted on December 2, 2005 by woit

The editors at Seed magazine have started a new blog about science called sciencegate, which contains a wide variety of interesting material. One of the recent postings is called Strung Out on the Couch; it’s by Joshua Roebke and not … Continue reading →

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