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Posthumous apology to Alan Turing
The British Government today issued an apology to Alan Turing Click here for UK Gov statement BBC coverage here »
Origins Symposium > Lawrence Krauss
Lawrence Krauss is a physicist and cosmologist, but is best known as a popularizer of science. In this lecture, the finale of the Origins Symposium, he describes the progress made to date in Cosmology – including the amazing fact that we can now put a very accurate date on the age of the Universe! 13.7 billion... »
Is There a Higgs Particle?
A Talk With Brian Cox (Culled from edge.org) INTRODUCTION By Martin Rees As an astronomer I’m lucky to work in a subject where there is already public interest, and where it’s not too difficult to convey the key ideas and new discoveries in a non-technical and accessible way. It’s far harder to make particle physics accessible and interesting.... »
Pictures from Space, pictures of Space
Here’s a selection of astronomical images which have caught my eye for various reasons in the past few months. Click on a pic to get the full effect. We normally only see Saturn from the “sun-side”, but the Cassini probe recently took this sublime image from the far side of Saturn looking back towards the sun. And... »
Origins Symposium > Brian Greene
Origins Symposium > Brian Greene. Lawrence Krauss in conversation with Brian Greene , as part of the Origins Symposium 2009 , discuss the current state of physics especially string theory, the LHC, differences between physicists and where next for cosmology and physics. »
Powers of Ten
From the macro to the micro, from the universe to quark. ”Powers of Ten” is a 1977 short documentary film written and directed by Ray Eames and her husband, Charles Eames. The film depicts the relative scale of the Universe in factors of ten. »
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