Monthly Archives: January 2010

The Entropy Decade

Posted on January 11, 2010 by woit

We’re only a week and a half into the new decade, but already I’m seeing a trend… A few days ago Sean Carroll’s book From Eternity to Here came out, promoting the idea that understanding time and cosmology is all … Continue reading →

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Simons Foundation News

Posted on January 8, 2010 by woit

The latest AMS notices has the news that the Simons Foundation is now spending about $40 million/year in mathematics and related theoretical fields. This is being done under a program being run by David Eisenbud at Berkeley, and the first … Continue reading →

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Untangling String Theory

Posted on January 7, 2010 by woit

The Times of London recently sent one of its reporters out to a pub to learn about string theory from Michael Green, with results available on-line here.  Green does a good job of trying to explain some physics over a … Continue reading →

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Two Books by Bloggers

Posted on January 3, 2010 by woit

The holidays are coming to an end, so expect a return soon to the usual somewhat irregular posting frequency. Over the past week or two, one thing that I did was get a chance to read new books by two … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Multiverse Mania | 34 Comments