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Fairytale of New Physics
There seems to be a minor rash of polemic at the moment on the theme “aren’t scientists deluded/betraying science/living in fairytale-land”. Read more at the Guardian.
Posted in Particle Physics, Philosophy, Physics, Science
Tagged audio, BBC, books, Higgs, Jim Baggott, Lee Smolin, Les Houches, Start the Week
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Iain M Banks, and what we might be when we have nothing to fear
The Culture is wonderful. And, sadly, still fiction At the Guardian.
Posted in Arts, Writing
Tagged books, Guardian, Iain (M) Banks, science fiction
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Particle Physics: Going Massive
My review in Nature of Sean Carroll’s book The Particle at the End of the Universe.
Higgs Discovery: the Power of Empty Space by Lisa Randall
At the Guardian.
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