A post-quantum world
Cross-posted with permission of OUPblog. … Read more
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Paul Crowther is a professor of astrophysics in the Department of Physics & Astronomy at The University of Sheffield. His main research area involves observations of hot, luminous stars in nearby galaxies using space- and ground- based telescopes (including Hubble Space Telescope and the Very Large Telescope) and he has co-authored a monograph on this subject. Paul has an interest in UK science policy and has maintained a website charting the highs and lows of the Science & Technology Facilities Council funding agency since its inception four years ago. He also tweets. Read more
This week’s guest post features an interview with Michael Brooks. As well as holding a PhD in quantum physics, Michael is an author, journalist and broadcaster. He’s a consultant to New Scientist, has a weekly column for the New Statesman, and is the author of the bestseller in non-fiction titled ‘13 Things That Don’t Make Sense’. As part of an ongoing cycle of lectures, the City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia, Spain, together with the British Council, recently invited Michael Brooks, to explain the simple question of the origins of the universe. Nicolas Jackson, from North by Southwest, a … Read more
This week’s guest blogger is Manjit Kumar. Manjit’s book_, Quantum: Einstein, Bohr and the Great Debate,2?ie=UTF8&qid=1300958722&sr=8-2 is about the nature of reality, and was shortlisted for the 2009 BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-fiction. He writes and reviews regularly for a variety of publications, including The Guardian, The Independent, The Times and the New Scientist. He used to edit a journal called Prometheus that covers the arts and sciences, and he was also the consulting science editor at UK Wired._ … Read more
This week’s guest blogger, Frank Close, is a particle physicist, author and speaker. He is Professor of Physics at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford. He is the author of several books, including the best-selling Antimatter, and the winner of the Kelvin Medal of the Institute of Physics for his “outstanding contributions to the public understanding of physics.” … Read more
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