I heard this morning that Richard Hamilton passed away yesterday. He was a renowned figure in geometric analysis, and a faculty member here at Columbia since 1998. In terms of mortality, the last year ...

There is one article giving voice to an opposing point of view, that spacetime may not be doomed, an interview with Latham Boyle. The big problem with the supposedly now conventional view that ...

website creator Please join us on Wednesday, October 2 for the distinguished Ellis R. Kolchin Memorial Lecture. Dennis Gaitsgory will give a special talk titled “On the proof of the geometric ...

In the piece, the argument of string theory critics is given as: ...

It is with deep sadness and heavy hearts that we inform you of the death of Prof. Walter Neumann, who passed away yesterday. Heartfelt condolences are extended to his family, friends, and loved ones.

Schedule: The class meets once weekly. Topics and readings for each session are listed below. This course is being taught by two senior faculty members who are theorists and practitioners in ...

A note to the speakers: this is an informal seminar, meaning that the talks are longer than usual (1:30) and are expected to include a good introduction to the subject as well as a maximally ...

I recently did another podcast with Curt Jaimungal, on the topic of unification, which is now available here. As part of this I prepared some slides, which are available here. The main goal of the ...

Ted Jacobson has put on the arXiv a transcription of a 1947 Feynman letter about his efforts to better understand the Dirac equation, in order to find a path integral formulation of it. The letter ...

A few weeks ago I recorded a podcast with Robinson Erhardt, which has now appeared as String Theory and the Crisis in Physics. We mainly talk about the current situation of string theory in physics ...