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Wired
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Reason
March 2007
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No Small Matter Is theoretical physics stuck? And should you worry? Book Review: The Trouble With Physics: The Rise of String Theory, the Fall of a Science, and What Comes Next, by Lee Smolin. |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2007
Stephen Cass |
Thread-Bare Theories An interview with string-theory critic Lee Smolin about the challenges facing physics. |
Scientific American
April 2006
Jim Holt |
Beyond the Standard Model Book Reviews: Warped Passages: Unraveling The Mysteries of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions by Lisa Randall... The Cosmic Landscape: String Theory and the Illusion of Intelligent Design by Leonard Susskind... etc. |
Salon.com
January 26, 2001
Michael Scott Moore |
"The Hole in the Universe" by K.C. Cole An engaging new book explores the riddles of space, from string theory to the possibility that the universe is a holographic projection... |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2011
Mark Anderson |
String Theory Made Easy Two books tackle one of the most complex theories known to man with surprisingly satisfactory results |
Outside
May 2008
Evan Ratliff |
Has A Surfer/Snowboarder Who Lives In A Van Rewritten Physics? Maybe. Garrett Lisi opted not to go into academia following his PhD in physics. Instead, he opts to work on his unifying theory for the universe after he hits the waves or slopes. |
Scientific American
October 2008
Michelle Press |
Reviews: Human: The Science behind What Makes Us Unique Review of The Complete Idiot's Guide to String Theory and Human: The Science behind What Makes Us Unique |
Wired
January 2005
Duff McDonald |
The BlackBerry Brain Trust First Mike Lazaridis reinvented the way we get email. Now he's rounded up a bunch of radical thinkers to reinvent physics itself at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. |
Science News
July 18, 2009
Paul Fendley |
Five Problems In Physics Without The Definite Article Most physicists don't consider a phenomenon to be understood until there are both repeatable experiments displaying it and a quantitative theoretical description. |
Fast Company
June 2002
Christine Canabou |
Books That Matter: Patrick Harker A book recommendation from Patrick Harker of the Wharton Business School... |
Wired
Brian Greene |
Questions, Not Answers, Make Science the Ultimate Adventure Science is about immersing ourselves in piercing uncertainty while struggling with the deepest of mysteries. |
Scientific American
November 2006
Michael Shermer |
Wronger Than Wrong The view that all wrong scientific theories are equal implies that no theory is better than any other. |
Reason
April 2002
Gregory Benford |
Leaping the Abyss Stephen Hawking on black holes, unified field theory, and Marilyn Monroe... |
Science News
May 26, 2001 |
Cosmic Numerology Some history of scientists' attraction to special numbers and mathematic simplicity in physics and astronomy. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2006
David Kushner |
Time Tunnels Meet Warped Passages In a twist of timing unto itself, the DVD release of The Time Tunnel comes when the real science of warped passages is making waves. Warped Passages is the trippy and groundbreaking book on the hidden dimensions of the universe by Harvard physicist Lisa Randall. |
Salon.com
July 6, 2000
John Farrell |
Did Einstein cheat? Is the great physicist's most famous theory a crock? Members of the anti-relativity underground think so. |
Industrial Physicist
Apr/May 2003
Jennifer Oullette |
Switching from physics to biology Physicists in transition help shape biological theory. |
Science News
January 27, 2001 |
TimeLine: January 24, 1931 Einstein discusses revolution he caused in scientific thought... Women remember pleasant events, men unpleasant... |
Wired
December 2002
Kevin Kelly |
God Is the Machine Digital physics suggests that those strange and insubstantial quantum wavicles, along with everything else in the universe, are themselves made of nothing but 1s and 0s. The physical world itself is digital. |
Salon.com
September 24, 2002
Thomas Wilson |
"Strange Matters" by Tom Siegfried From strange quark matter to multiple universes, visionaries predict the weird things science has yet to discover. |
Science News
January 27, 2007 |
Timeline: From the January 23, 1937, Issue America's First Slums... Expanding Universe Theory Receives Blow in Discussions... Famous Mathematical Problem Solved at Chicago... |
Chemistry World
March 2011 |
Column: The crucible Chemistry cannot all be reduced to physics, argues Philip Ball |
Science News
July 16, 2005 |
From the July 13, 1935, Issue Soundproofing Gives Wall Look of Underground Cave... Professor Albert Einstein Announces a New Theory... Expansion of Universe Sole Explanation of Red Shift... |
Wired
October 23, 2007
Clive Thompson |
Clive Thompson on Why Science Will Triumph Only When Theory Becomes Law Turns out, the real culture war in science isn't about science at all -- it's about language. And to fight this war, we need to change the way we talk about scientific knowledge. |
Chemistry World
May 2007
Philip Ball |
The Crucible Reflections on the long-running debate about how colloids stick together. |
Industrial Physicist
Theis & Coufal |
How IBM Sustains the Leading Edge Although we constantly focus on the market, IBM Research has also produced a remarkable string of scientific firsts in physics and in other fields of science and engineering. |
Wired
December 2002
Gregg Easterbrook |
The New Convergence After centuries of battle, scientists and theologians are finally forging a grand unified theory. As the era of biotechnology dawns, scientists realize they're stepping into territory best navigated with the aid of philosophers and theologians. |
Science News
July 4, 2009 |
Intel ISEF Discussion Panel Nobelists to students: Being wrong may be just right |
Science News
May 20, 2006 |
Science Safari: Darwin and Evolution This online exhibit is a fascinating account of how Charles Darwin developed his theory of evolution and how that theory is regarded today. |
Fast Company
February 2005
Martin Kihn |
You Got Game Theory! It was all such fun until we realized that no business really uses game theory. |
Financial Advisor
June 2008
John E. Grable |
The Engineer, Professor And Planner The allegory that follows is presented to all practicing financial planners in the hope of furthering the discussion of professionalism in the industry. |
Scientific American
October 2007
Michael Shermer |
The Really Hard Science To be of true service to humanity, science must be an exquisite blend of data, theory and narrative. |
Science News
May 14, 2005 |
From the May 11, 1935, Issue Pastime of Kings Revived... New Anti-Aircraft "Ears" Hear "Enemy" 12 Miles Away... Einstein Attacks Quantum Mechanics... |
