10 August 2017
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Peter Woit (Columbia University, Not Even Wrong) and Sabine Hossenfelder (Perimeter Institute, Backreaction)
- The aftermath of Peter’s book, “Not Even Wrong” . 00:54
- Jobs in particle theory: safe, legal, and extremely rare . 14:02
- Why shouldn’t millionaires bankroll theoretical physics? . 22:00
- How young physicists get stuck in the string-theory rut . 44:44
- The effect of public discussion on what physicists do and think . 1:00:15
- The future for physics and math blogs . 1:09:47
- Peter’s book “Not Even Wrong”
- Lee Smolin’s book “The Trouble With Physics”
- Sabine’s blog, Backreaction
- Peter’s blog, Not Even Wrong
- The Perimeter Institute’s homepage
- Sabine on black holes at the LHC
- Conference: Science in the 21st Century
- Frankfurt Institute of Advanced Studies
- Wikipedia on John Templeton
- Terry Tao’s blog
Science Saturday | Jul 26, 2008 | Peter Woit & Sabine Hossenfelder
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