Author Archives: PlatoHagel

Stanley Mandelstam

Posted on July 10, 2008 by PlatoHagel

Research InterestsMy research concerns string theory. At present I am interested in finding an explicit expression for the n-loop superstring amplitude and proving that it is finite. My field of research is particle theory, more specifically string theory. I am … Continue reading →

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Intellectual Defeatism

Posted on July 9, 2008 by PlatoHagel

Just wanted to say it has been quite busy here because of the work having come back from vacation and preparing for my daughter in law and son’s twins, which are to arrive any day now. Intellectual defeatism This statement … Continue reading →

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Observables of Quantum Gravity

Posted on July 1, 2008 by PlatoHagel

Scientists should be bold. They are expected to think out of the box, and to pursue their ideas until these either trickle down into a new stream, or dry out in the sand. Of course, not everybody can be a … Continue reading →

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Fathers of Confederation

Posted on July 1, 2008 by PlatoHagel

Robert Harris’s painting of the Fathers of Confederation. The scene is an amalgamation of the Charlottetown and Quebec City conference sites and attendees. Colonial organization All the colonies which would become involved in Canadian Confederation in 1867 were initially part … Continue reading →

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Coastal Highway Views

Posted on June 25, 2008 by PlatoHagel

Just before entering Malibu along the coastal highway of California. Dialogos of Eide

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Mathematical Structure of the Universe

Posted on June 17, 2008 by PlatoHagel

Although Aristotle in general had a more empirical and experimental attitude than Plato, modern science did not come into its own until Plato’s Pythagorean confidence in the mathematical nature of the world returned with Kepler, Galileo, and Newton. For instance, … Continue reading →

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Wildlife at Home

Posted on June 15, 2008 by PlatoHagel

Yes you may of noticed the date is wrong again on the camera. Every time we take the batteries out for charging, we loose that date. It dawned on me at this moment and wondered if there is another internal … Continue reading →

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Who said it?

Posted on June 8, 2008 by PlatoHagel

At this point in the development, although geometry provided a common framework for all the forces, there was still no way to complete the unification by combining quantum theory and general relativity. Since quantum theory deals with the very small … Continue reading →

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SuperFluids

Posted on June 4, 2008 by PlatoHagel

MIT physicists create new form of matter by Lori Valigra, Special to MIT News Office June 22, 2005 A superfluid gas can flow without resistance. It can be clearly distinguished from a normal gas when it is rotated. A normal … Continue reading →

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The Plane of Simultaneity

Posted on May 29, 2008 by PlatoHagel

This blog entry was constructed to reply to the conversation that is going on in the issue of the “Block Universe.” See: Penrose and Quanglement Entanglement and the New Physics In the past, teleportation has only been possible with particles … Continue reading →

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