Chronon Critical Points

Item	Type	Date	Books	Comment
New Quantropy.org: a repository to which anyone can submit an academic paper
2009 Royal Society Prizes for Science Books	reviews	26^thMay 2009		Reviews of the contenders for this science book prize
2008 Royal Society Prizes for Science Books	reviews	24^th April 2008		Reviews of the contenders for this science book prize
Who wants to live forever?	article	14^thApril 2008		Some musings on life extension.
Endless Universe Paul J Steinhardt & Neil Turok	review	31^stJanuary 2008		An alternative to the big bang view of the universe
Time and the universe	article	18^thJanuary 2008		Some thoughts on the age and origin of the universe, from scientific and religious viewpoints.
I am a Strange Loop Douglas Hofstadter	review	9^thJanuary 2008		Hofstadter's ideas on the emergence of mind.
Faster than Light - is it possible?	article	5^thJanuary 2008		Wouldn't it be good if we could break the light barrier
The view from the center of the universe Joel R Primack & Nancy Abrams	review	21^stDecember 2007		An intruiging look at our place in the universe
The Trouble with Physicalism	article	20^thSeptember 2007		Some thoughts on the philosophy of mind
Before Darwin/The Watch on the Heath Keith Thomson	review	21^stAugust 2007		A look at thoughts on evolution before Darwin's theory.
July Newsletter	Newsletter	19^thJuly 2007		A new monthly newsletter for my websites
2007 Royal Society Prizes for Science Books	reviews	27^th April 2007		Reviews of the contenders for this science book prize
Cosmological Distances applet	applet	26^thApril 2007		A look at how distances are defined in cosmology
The Trouble with Physics Lee Smolin	review	17^thApril 2007		Smolin's criticism of string theory and the scientific establishment
The Myths of Quantum Optics	article	5^thApril 2007		Where are the photons in photonics?
Warped Passages Lisa Randall	review	15^thMarch 2007		An introduction to hidden dimensions and branes
The Trouble with Physics debate	article	8^thMarch 2007		A report on the Oxford debate between Lee Smolin, Philip Candelas and Simon Saunders
The Music of the Primes Marcus du Sautoy	review	4^thJanuary 2007		The story of mathematicians struggling with the Riemann Hypothesis
Consciousness and DNA computers	article	19^thDecember 2006		Why are our brains so inefficient?
The Labyrinth of Time : Introducing the universe Michael Lockwood	review	22^ndNovember 2006		A modern look at age-old philosophical questions
A Springy Triangle	applet	28^thSeptember 2006		See how energy is dispersed in a system of springs and masses
Einstein defiant : genius versus genius in the quantum revolution Edmund Blair Bolles	review	22^ndJuly 2006		Einstein as the leader of the quantum brigade
Why people shouldn't go to Mars	article	11^th May 2006		At least not yet.
Aventis prize 2006	reviews	4^th April 2006		Reviews of the contenders for this popular science book prize
Is chance in charge?	article	1^st March 2006		A look at what part randomness really plays in science.
A New Kind of Science Stephen Wolfram	review	21^st January 2006		Science based on discrete mathematics
Modelling the hyperbolic plane	applet	2^ndDecember 2005		Can the hyperbolic plane be embedded in 3 dimension. See how well this applet does.
Stalking the Riemann Hypothesis Dan Rockmore	review	21^st November 2005		An exploration of a million dollar problem
The Cosmological Event Horizon	article	27 ^thOctober 2005		A boundary to our universe and its thermodynamic effects.
The End of Time Julian Barbour	review	3^rd September 2005		Is time an illusion?
Brownian motion	applet	25^thAugust 2005		This time the 2nd law works as it should.
The End of the Certain World Nancy Thorndike Greenspan	review	10^th August 2005		The development of quantum theory and its social environment.
The law of the excluded muddle	article	29 ^thJuly 2005		A look at nonconstructive proofs in mathematics
Quantum Non-Locality and Relativity Tim Maudlin	review	16^th July 2005		A clear view of a confusing subject
More Coupled Pendulums	applet	6^th June 2005		Another look at the 2nd law of thermodynamics
Oppenheimer Jeremy Bernstein	review	3^rd June 2005		Events leading up to the well known security hearing
Can we reach Absolute Zero	article	31 ^stMay 2005		It's said to be impossible - but I remain to be convinced.
The fabric of the Cosmos Brian Greene	review	25^th May 2005		A non-technical but deep look at the physics of space and time
Pyramid puzzle	applet	18^th May 2005		Is there a solution to this puzzle?
Aventis prize shortlist	reviews	6^th May 2005		Reviews of the contenders for this popular science book prize
God gave us the integers..	article	27^thApril 2005		1, 2, 3... - but is it really so simple?
The Road to Reality Roger Penrose	review	2^nd April 2005		A new book for those wishing to understand modern physics
What is consciousness?	article	10^thMarch 2005		Can we expect an answer to this hard question?
Mary Somerville Allan Chapman	review	4^thMarch 2005		An influential woman in 19^th century science.
A transcendental number	applet	23^rd February 2005		A nonconstructive proof? We'll see about that.
Interstellar Travel	article	18^th February 2005		How will we do it? Wormholes, warp drive, or transporter beams?
Psychohistory - is it possible?	article	28^thJanuary 2005		A real life example of science fiction?
The Ancestor's Tale Richard Dawkins	review	20^th January 2005		A pilgrimage back through evolution
Shut up and Calculate?	article	13^thJanuary 2005		Where are the real problems in quantum theory?
Wormhole	applet	6^th January 2005		A solution to the Grandfather paradox?
FLASH! Govert Schilling	review	29^thDecember 2004		The hunt for the biggest explosions in the universe
Cosmology, Special Relativity and the Milne Universe	article	20^th December 2004		A different way of looking at cosmology
Will quantum computers ever work	article	14^th December 2004		Some doubts about the possibilities of Quantum Computers
Boolean Formula Satisfiability	applet	7^th December 2004		Can you solve this NP-complete problem?
Cosmic Horizons - limits in the sky?	article	29^th November 2004		Is our view of the cosmos too limited?
Local Realism - what does it mean?	article	22^nd November 2004		Does Quantum mechanics have too much philosphising?
Is Fermat's last theorem undecidable?	article	12^th November 2004		Some unfinished business with an old problem
Stretchy Space?	article	4^th November 2004		Does the standard view of the universe give a wrong impression?
Thoughts on P vs NP	article	7^th September 2004		Ideas on a million dollar problem
Black Holes - do they exist?	article	20^th July 2004		New result casts doubt on their existence
Coupled Pendulums	applet	19^th July 2004		The 2^nd law of Thermodynamics says that energy is dispersed. But there's a problem....
Peter Lynds and Time	article	9^th October 2003		Some comments on a recent controversy
Beyond Pluto John Davies	review	9^thOctober 2003		Find out about the search for the Kuiper Belt objects
Alpha and Omega Charles Seife	review	9^thOctober 2003		How Einstein's greatest blunder concerns the start and end of the universe
Freedom Evolves Daniel C Dennett	review	9^thOctober 2003		How we can have free will in a deterministic universe
Fast computers and games	article	9^thOctober 2003		Why some computational tasks take exponential time
4 dimensional viewer	applet	8^thOctober 2003		A projection of 4 dimensional objects on to the screen allowing you to move around
The 100 Greatest Stars James B. Kaler	review	8^thOctober 2003		A study of some of the best known stars
Bard on the brain Paul Matthews and Jeffrey McQuain	review	7^thOctober 2003		Neuroscience via the works of Shakespeare

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Recent changes to my websites

Papers

I have written a paper on the tethered galaxy problem. As this is more mathematical than my usual articles, I have put it separately at A look at tethered and untethered galaxies

Other websites

New: Tachyos.org - a site for expressing science in the form of computer software. Also take a look at einstein.org.uk, which questions whether Einstein's battle with quantum theory was really as futile as people say, and at CriticalPoints.org which has reviews and articles of a non-scientific nature.

CHRONON

This is the name for a hypothetical particle of time.