A different Universe by Robert Laughlin -any one read it? - Any opinions?

papau

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Thu Dec-29-05 09:41 PM
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A different Universe by Robert Laughlin -any one read it? - Any opinions?

I got it for Xmass - and so far I like it but it is slow going as he wants a some massive chamges in how I think about these things.

I may need a tutor and a lot of time!

:-)

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bemildred

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Fri Dec-30-05 08:39 AM
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1. It's on my reading list. I have not got to it yet.

But I'm up for discussion, and it's one of my primary areas of interest.

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papau

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Fri Dec-30-05 10:06 AM
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3. I suspect it will take 30 days before I have read enough to discuss -

but I think the "humanist" approach to science will be an interesting discussion!

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Dudley_DUright

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Fri Dec-30-05 09:12 AM
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2. Robert Laughlin is a little biased toward my own field of

condensed matter physics. I think he is trying to recruit bright young theorists into specializing in this area rather than in string theory or cosmology, but there is no reason we can't study both the smallest length scales and emergent properties at larger ones (like the explaining the fractional quantum Hall effect for which Laughlin won the Nobel prize)

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