Tag Archives: Peter Woit

String theory and reconciliations

Posted on January 15, 2026 by VM

According to particle physics, the fundamental building blocks of the universe are point-like particles, essentially small dots of energy with no dimension. String theory posits that these dots are actually minuscule vibrating loops of energy. A violin string vibrating at … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis, Science | Tagged Albert-László Barabási, Carlo Rovelli, demarcation problem, George Ellis, Joe Silk, loop quantum gravity, Massimo Pigliucci, Peter Woit, Philosophy of Science, Richard Dawid, Sabine Hossenfelder, scientific method, string theory, surface area | 1 Comment

Hype from Fermilab

Posted on February 9, 2023 by VM

Where do you think the following bit of text is from? A wormhole, also known as an Einstein-Rosen bridge, is a hypothetical tunnel connecting remote points in spacetime. While wormholes are allowed by Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity, wormholes have … Continue reading →

Posted in Scicomm | Tagged Fermilab, Google Sycamore, hype, Joseph Lykken, Peter Woit, Quanta, wormhole | Comments Off

The question of Abdus Salam ‘deserving’ his Nobel

Posted on August 3, 2022 by VM

Peter Woit has blogged about an oral history interview with theoretical physicist Sheldon Glashow published in 2020 by the American Institute of Physics. (They have a great oral history of physics series you should check out if you’re interested.) Woit … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis, Science | Tagged Abdus Salam, BICEP2, Brian Keating, electroweak theory, ICTP Trieste, Nobel Prize for physics, Nobel Prizes, Norman Dombey, Paul Dirac, Peter Woit, Sheldon Glashow, Steven Weinberg | Comments Off

Tag Archives: Peter Woit

String theory and reconciliations

Hype from Fermilab

The question of Abdus Salam ‘deserving’ his Nobel

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