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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. |
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It's Turtles All The Way Down The world's largest atom smasher threw together minuscule particles racing at unheard of speeds in conditions simulating those just after the Big Bang -- a success that kick-started a multi-billion-dollar experiment that could one day explain how the universe began. |
Salon.com
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"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... |
Wired
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5 Things You Need to Know About the Large Hadron Collider Now Black holes won't eat anyone alive, particles won't be discovered and, most important, the action will happen off-camera. |
Scientific American
September 2006
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The Inelegant Universe Two new books argue that it is time for string theory to give way: The Trouble with Physics: The Rise of String Theory, the Fall of a Science, and What Comes Next by Lee Smolin... Not Even Wrong: The Failure of String Theory and the Search for Unity in Physical Law by Peter Woit... |
Wired
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Questions, Not Answers, Make Science the Ultimate Adventure Science is about immersing ourselves in piercing uncertainty while struggling with the deepest of mysteries. |
PC Magazine
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Man-made Black Holes? Can a particle collider be taken too far? |
Science News
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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. |
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Popular Mechanics
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Large Hadron Collider Turns on Sept. 10, Tests Beam on Weekend This weekend, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) will perform preliminary tests in the Large Hadron Collider's "big ring" in anticipation of a Sept. 10 start date. |
Wired
February 2007
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What We Don't Know How did life begin? What's the universe made of? Why do we sleep? 42 of the biggest questions in science... Six mysteries of the universe solved... Smart answers to silly questions... |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2007
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Thread-Bare Theories An interview with string-theory critic Lee Smolin about the challenges facing physics. |
Popular Mechanics
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Inside LHC Launch Party, Not End of World & Scientists Feel Fine Some 400 physicists, engineers and students just finished camping out here at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory through the night, awaiting the birth of an extreme machine so powerful that it could soon reveal what lent mass to the universe in the first place. |
