Re: GR17 report
From: Uncle Al (UncleAl0_at_hate.spam.net)
Date: 07/18/04
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Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2004 19:18:53 -0500
davidoff404 wrote:
>
> Conference season is upon us once again and the big one this year is
> undoubtedly GR17, due to start in Dublin next Sunday. The list of
> plenary talks looks particularly strong, with most of the main areas of
> research receiving very good coverage. Of special note are Barish's
> outline of recent results from gravitational wave detectors, a review of
> recent results in mathematical relativity by Piotr Chrusciel, a
> discussion of the holographic principle by Don Marolf, and reviews of
> the current state of play in numerical relativity and LQG by Miguel
> Alcubierre and John Baez, respectively. There's also the small matter of
> Hawking's commentary on black hole information loss, which is garnering
> impressive media attention in the UK and Ireland at the moment.
>
> Assuming I have internet access available to me, I'll try to post a
> daily review of the plenary lectures on sci.physics*, as well as a
> selection of the most interesting poster sessions and contributed talks.
> If time permits, I'll try to give an account of this year's public
> lectures "Probing the Universe and Black Holes with Gravitational Waves"
> by Prof. Kip Thorne and "Fashion, Faith, and Fantasy in Modern Physical
> Theories" by Sir Roger Penrose. (In case you're interested in seeing a
> webcast of a recent version of Penrose's lecture, I've included links to
> it at the bottom. Beware: there's over three hours of video there.)
>
> Anyway, I've just arrived in Dublin, the weather's good and the Guinness
> is even better. To while away the time tomorrow I'm going to watch a
> football game in Croke Park before registering for the conference,
> assuming my head isn't too sore. Should be an interesting week.
Kewl! Thorne is either hot spit with LIGO, or the greatest
humbug of the past 100 years. That is why we do science, to find
out.
If you need a good laugh and there is no drying paint to watch,
visit Sarfatti when he makes a public ass of himself again. We'd
all appreciate a picture for voodoo rites and such, and it's only
fair to have at least one person in the audience even if it
cannot be maintaiend for more than a few mninutes.
-- Uncle Al http://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/ (Toxic URL! Unsafe for children and most mammals) http://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/qz.pdf
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