Monthly Archives: September 2006

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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