An awe-inspiring journey from relativity to the Higgs field, showing how the universe creates everything from what seems like nothing at all.
Pioneer Works is “an artist and scientist-led cultural center in Red Hook, Brooklyn that fosters innovative thinking through the visual and performing arts, technology, music, and science.” It’s a cool place: if you’re in the New York area, check them out! Among many other activities, they host a series called “Picture This,” in which scientists […]
ON 02/13/2025
[An immediate continuation of Part 1, which you should definitely read first; today’s post is not stand-alone.] The Asymmetry Between Location and Motion We are in the middle of trying to figure out if the electron (or other similar object) could possibly be of infinitesimal size, to match the naive meaning of the words “elementary […]
ON 02/11/2025