In Public
- Researchers tackle inner secrets of neutron stars, Physics World, Nov 2014
- Roundtable discussion on Emergence (Online video) at the Helix Center, New York City, Nov 2014.
- 5 myths about science, Video Interview, Spring 2012
- Debate moderated by Deepak Chopra on physics, reality, and
consciousness at the Philoctetes Center, New York City, 2011.
- Exotic behavior of a superfluid superconductor,
(Phys. Rev. Focus,
July 2008),
(Washington
University News, Aug 2008)
- Letter published in
"Physics Today", Sept 2009 where
I (along with many others) disagree with David Mermin's May 2009 Reference Frame article in which he advocates a naive form of idealism.
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The deep meaning of physics:
my views are given in this article, alongside other views with
which I strongly disagree.
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My letter on Intelligent Design [scroll to end of page]
which was (to my surprise) published by
the very conservative Catholic journal
First Things.
The editor-in-chief "agrees" with me that
"The theory of evolution presented as philosophical materialism or
determinism or practical atheism...should not be permitted a monopoly
in the classroom". Note the nice slide from "philosophical materialism"
which is clearly not science, to "practical atheism" which sounds like
a synonym for methodological naturalism, the modus operandi of scientists,
detectives, coroners, and others who seek reliable knowledge.
- Crystalline surfaces on strange stars,
(Washington
University News, Dec 2006)