• This Week’s Hype

    Updated: 2023-01-24 21:18:26
    The New York Times today has Where is Physics Headed (and How Soon Do We Get There?). It’s an interview by Dennis Overbye of Maria Spiropulu and Michael Turner, the chairs of the NAS Committee on Elementary Particle Physics – … Continue reading →

  • What is the AdS/CFT Conjecture?

    Updated: 2023-01-22 18:29:19
    In recent years I’ve found there’s no point to trying to have an intelligible argument about “string theory”, simply because the term no longer has any well-defined meaning. At the KITP next spring, there will be a program devoted to … Continue reading →

  • Spring Course

    Updated: 2023-01-10 21:05:25
    This semester I’m teaching the second half of our graduate course on Lie groups and representations, and have started making plans for the course, which will begin next week. There’s a web-page here which I’ll be adding to as time … Continue reading →

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