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In Print: The Infinity Puzzle
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Manjit Kumars articles and reviews. Thursday, 29 December 2011. The Infinity Puzzle: How the quest to understand quantum field theory led to extraordinary science, high politics, and the world's most expensive experiment by Frank Close. Literary Review, December 2011. In 1864 the Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell showed that electricity and. Magnetism were different manifestations of the same underlying phenomenon – electromagnetism. His great achievement was to encapsulate the disparate. The strong...
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In Print: February 2011
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Manjit Kumars articles and reviews. Saturday, 12 February 2011. The 4% Universe: Dark matter, dark energy and the race to discover the rest of reality by Richard Panek. Times, 12 February 2011. Yet what is known is that almost a quarter of what can’t be seen is something called dark matter. Although its very nature is a mystery, its presence is discernible through its gravitational effect on the movement of galaxies. Without dark matter the astronomical data doesn’t make sense. Thursday, 10 February 2011.
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In Print: Turing's Cathedral
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Manjit Kumars articles and reviews. Monday, 26 March 2012. Turing's Cathedral:The origins of the Digital Universe by George Dyson. Daily Telegraph, 24 March 2012. Princeton is a madhouse,” wrote Robert Oppenheimer in January 1935. Twelve years later, after directing the building of the atom bomb, he would return to the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) to take charge of this “madhouse”. The rest may be history but it’s one George Dyson is uniquely qualified to capture in Turing’s Cathedra. L The son of ...
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In Print: February 2012
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Manjit Kumars articles and reviews. Friday, 24 February 2012. Poised on the Edge: An interview with Lisa Randall. New Humanist March-April 2012 issue. 8216;There is no question that there is an unseen world,’ Woody Allen once said. ‘The problem is how far is it from mid-town and how late is it open’. The notion of parallel realities has been a staple of science fiction ever since 1923 when H.G. Wells wrote Men Like Gods. Superstring theory says what we detect in our experiments as particles are not reall...
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Manjit Kumar - the Quantum blog: Solvay 1927 - A film clip
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Monday, 25 April 2011. Solvay 1927 - A film clip. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). You can email me. Rticles and Book Reviews. I have degrees in physics and philosophy. I co-wrote Science and the Retreat from Reason. Which introduced key areas of modern science while defending notions of social progress and scientific advance. I've written and reviewed for various publications including the Guardian. Wall Street Journal, Literary Review. I was Consulting Science Editor at the UK edition of Wired.
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Manjit Kumar - the Quantum blog: Another review of Le grand roman de la physique quantique
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Saturday, 8 October 2011. Another review of Le grand roman de la physique quantique. A blog review by ErMa. L'histoire du making of de l'équation célébrissime, ces quelques signes abstrus ayant hanté les nuits de bon nombre de taupins et qui figurent désormais au patrimoine de l'humanité :. Disons-le tout de go, ce bouquin est passionnant, car il réunit trois ingrédients essentiels :. Au delà de la vulgarisation d'un concept - pourtant a priori pas facile à comprendre - et réussie avec virtuosité, le suc...
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Manjit Kumar - the Quantum blog: 'An Enlightening Book on Einstein and the Quantum Theory Debate'
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Tuesday, 12 April 2011. An Enlightening Book on Einstein and the Quantum Theory Debate'. Jay Lehr, science director of the Heartland Institute reviews Quantum. Is a biography not just of Albert Einstein’s life but also his thought processes. It also provides insight into the dozens of famous theoretical physicists who influenced and aided him in his work. The most complex and difficult-to-understand intricacies of quantum theory in no way reduced the joy I felt in reading this book and following the jour...
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In Print: How It Began
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Manjit Kumars articles and reviews. Tuesday, 27 March 2012. How It Began: A Time-Traveller's Guide to the Universe. Wall Street Journal, 28 March 2012. When Lemaître discussed the idea with Einstein, he was unimpressed. "Your math is correct, but your physics is abominable," he told Lemaître. Yet six years later, in 1933, Einstein heard Lemaître lecture and afterward admitted it was "the most beautiful and satisfactory explanation of creation I've ever heard.". View my complete profile. A random walk is ...
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