272. Twitter updates for 2009-02-18

Posted by Dmitry

February 18, 2009

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Lubos Motl on Ernst Mach: http://tinyurl.com/b2gx96
Stanleyfest at #KITP: http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/stanleyfest/ . Fascinating, Joe Polchinski’s talk is definitely worth watching.
http://arxivblog.com/?p=1220 – the CORONA coronograph proved to be unable to function in Antarctica and was sent back to France.
What should robots do for us? http://arxivblog.com/?p=1216 A paper is out to arxiv actually explaining that. Bizarre.
APS top ten #physics stories 2008: http://www.aps.org/publication…..tories.cfm
Quantum phase transition for spin liquid: http://jijr.com/oXm
Is #mathematics the language of the Universe? http://jijr.com/oXo Since I am a theor. physicist, my answer is bold “Sure”
Effects of radiative feedback during reionization: talk http://hosting.epresence.tv/CITA/1/watch/156.aspx?
Origin of planetary spins – talk : http://hosting.epresence.tv/CITA/1/watch/155.aspx?
On global financial #crisis – worth reading (especially, if you reside in Europe): http://short.to/10rv

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