Surfer-Physicist Offers Alternative to String Theory, Academia
In 2007 Garrett Lisi was a 39-year-old physicist, unaffiliated with any institution, toiling in obscurity on what he called "An Exceptionally Simple Theory of Everything,” which could account for all of nature’s forces.
Physics Titan Still Thinks String Theory Is "On the Right Track"
At a 1990 conference on cosmology, I asked attendees, who included folks like Stephen Hawking, Michael Turner, James Peebles, Alan Guth and Andrei Linde, to nominate the smartest living physicist.
Belief in multiple universes requires exceptional vision. So does belief in telepathy.
I exaggerate with the title of this post, but only slightly. The title is a reaction to a strange article on multiple universes written by Tom Siegfried at Science News.
Bad Boy of Physics
Leonard Susskind rebelled as a teen and never stopped. Today he insists that reality may forever be beyond reach of our understanding
The Fabric of the Cosmos: A Q&A with Brian Greene, November 2, 10:00--11:00 P.M. ET [Live Stream]
After watching the premiere of PBS's NOVA program, ask host Brian Greene a question about it
Strings, Geometry, and the Ultimate Reality: The Debate
Can strings be the ultimate constituents of the universe–more fundamental than matter or energy, and even than space or time? If they’re not made of matter or energy, what are they, then?
Stringlish
What's Next
Why Is Our Universe 3-D?
Is String Theory Unraveling?
Strung Out on the Universe: Interview with Raphael Bousso
New Gravity Measurements Constrain String Theory Forces