FUNtastic Physics by TK

 Ashoke Sen :   India's million -dollar   scientist  Professor Ashoke Sen does not know yet what he will do with the $3m windfall Continue reading the main story "Who Says that B.Sc. Physics is the degree of Low Reputation??!" -Tushar Vaghasiya PHYSICS is the only thing that gives you MONEY... REPUTATION... JOY of your JOB... -Tushar Vaghasiya Consistency of the work can do something AMAZING.. -Tushar Vaghasiya Indian scientist Ashoke Sen became a millionaire overnight when he won the $3m (£1.9m) Fundamental Physics Prize, the world's most lucrative academic award, recently. Science writer Pallava Bagla speaks to the physicist. Ashoke Sen is a shy, reclusive Indian particle physicist working from a non-descript laboratory in the Harish-Chandra Research Institute in the not-so-happening town of Allahabad in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Yet, today he is one of the richest professors in the world, having been c...

A Review of "The Trouble with Physics by Lee Smolin" The cover of the hardcover edition of The Trouble with Physics, by Lee Smolin Houghton Mifflin The Bottom Line This book is an accessible discussion of major topics in theoretical physics and string theory, but presents a view which is certainly not the consensus among the theoretical physics community. I'd suggest reading another book on string theory and then reading Smolin's account. No one can claim to understand string theory without having read and addressed the criticisms presented by Smolin. Pros Provides a comprehensive look at the history and development of string theory. Critically analyzes the failure of string theory to live up to some of the most dramatic claims. Attacks the current funding processes and institutional biases in scientific research and academia. Presents other areas of research that are being pursued. The book is heavily referenced, allowing for further indepen...