Category Archives: Jacob Bekenstein

Illusions of Grandeur?

Posted on May 15, 2012 by PlatoHagel

Illusions of Gravity Three spatial dimensions are visible all around us–up/down, left/right, forward/backward. Add time to the mix, and the result is a four-dimensional blending of space and time known as spacetime. Thus, we live in a four-dimensional universe. Or … Continue reading →

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A Holograpical Universe

Posted on September 5, 2011 by PlatoHagel

Plato likened our view of the world to that of an ancient forebear watching shadows meander across a dimly lit cave wall. He imagined our perceptions to be but a faint inkling of a far richer reality that flickers beyond … Continue reading →

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A Conformal Field Theory Approach?

Posted on June 15, 2011 by PlatoHagel

Using the anti–de Sitter/conformal field theory correspondence to relate fermionic quantum critical fields to a gravitational problem, we computed the spectral functions of fermions in the field theory. By increasing the fermion density away from the relativistic quantum critical point, … Continue reading →

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Blackhole Information Paradox

Posted on March 26, 2008 by PlatoHagel

What good is a universe without somebody around to look at it?Robert Dicke John Archibald Wheeler (born July 9, 1911) is an eminent American theoretical physicist. One of the later collaborators of Albert Einstein, he tried to achieve Einstein’s vision … Continue reading →

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What is Happening at the Singularity?

Posted on March 7, 2008 by PlatoHagel

WEll, some of the commentors like myself are not worth counting?:)Thanks for keeping it interesting Clifford of Asymptotia. I hope you won’t mind the following quotes for consideration.( it was considered spam) so I reprint it here. Quantum geometry differs … Continue reading →

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The Gravity People of our History

Posted on December 15, 2007 by PlatoHagel

What good is a universe without somebody around to look at it?Robert Dicke John Archibald Wheeler (born July 9, 1911) is an eminent American theoretical physicist. One of the later collaborators of Albert Einstein, he tried to achieve Einstein’s vision … Continue reading →

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