12 weeks Blog on Book-launch of On Space and Time
My latest book <i><a href="perma://BLPageReference/99683B43-5C7A-4CDD-AD91-7FE688BFC4B8">On Space and Time</a></i><i> </i>aims to bring general readers right up to the latest cutting edge frontier of research on space and time. It makes clear that this is a field where our knowledge is in a state of flux and not understood by modern physics (including not by string theory), and presents revolutionary ideas for the way forward. The blogs provide my personal introductory take on many of the ideas in the book against a topical background, starting with a very much-read post on the Large Hadron Collider and why we <i>wont</i> be swallowed up by a giant black hole centred in Geneva and going all the way up to time-reversal and the nature of reality. A linked table of contents of the blogs, which can be read in any order, is:
1 <b><a href="http://www.cambridgeblog.org/2008/09/particle-accelerators-cern-and-doomsday/">Particle Accelerators, CERN, and Doomsday</a></b><b>
2 </b><b><a href="http://www.cambridgeblog.org/2008/09/science-and-religion-the-physics-angle/">Science and Religion - the Physics Angle</a></b><b>
3 </b><b><a href="http://www.cambridgeblog.org/2008/09/the-dark-universe-and-limitless-energy/">The Dark Universe and Limitless Energy</a></b><b>
4 </b><b><a href="http://www.cambridgeblog.org/2008/10/before-the-birth-of-our-universe-and-after-its-death/">Before the Birth of our Universe and After its Death</a></b><b>
5 </b><b><a href="http://www.cambridgeblog.org/2008/10/graffitti-from-1843-key-to-mysteries-investigated-in-lhc/">Graffitti from 1843 Key to Mysteries Investigated in LHC</a></b><b>
6 </b><b><a href="http://www.cambridgeblog.org/2008/10/nasa-space-telescope-to-test-new-theory-of-space-and-time/">NASA Space Telescope to Test New Theory of Space and Time</a></b><b>
7</b><b><a href="http://www.cambridgeblog.org/2008/10/truth-symmetry-and-quantum-computers/"> Truth, Symmetry and Quantum Computers</a></b><b>
8</b><b><a href="http://www.cambridgeblog.org/2008/11/history-economics-and-time-reversal/"> History, Economics and Time Reversal</a></b><b>
9</b><b><a href="http://www.cambridgeblog.org/2008/11/quantum-anomaly-and-the-origin-of-time/"> Quantum Anomaly and the Origin of Time</a></b><b>
10</b><b><a href="http://www.cambridgeblog.org/2008/12/aristotle-may-provide-the-key-to-quantum-gravity/#more-1246"> Aristotle May Provide the Key to Quantum Gravity</a></b><b>
11 </b><b><a href="http://www.cambridgeblog.org/2008/12/quantum-gravity-solved-if-youre-an-ant/">Quantum Gravity Solved - If You're an Ant</a></b><b>
12 </b><b><a href="http://www.cambridgeblog.org/2008/12/reflections-on-a-self-representing-universe/">Reflections on a Self-Representing Universe</a></b>
The book is no ordinary popular science hash but not less than a sincere effort by world-class scientists to engage in a mutual dialogue with the public - <i>I strongly urge you to read at least its Preface on the </i><i><a href="perma://BLPageReference/99683B43-5C7A-4CDD-AD91-7FE688BFC4B8">book web page</a></i><i>.</i>
<b>Tuesday, 16 September 2008</b>