A Typology of Quantum Gravities – Followup on Quantum Gravity Panel

Catherine Asaro, Jay Wile, & I had a good crowd for our quantum gravity panel at Philcon: I was impressed that that many people (perhaps 40 or 50) wanted to hear about a relatively esoteric subject. Esoteric but hot: there are (right now) 663 papers on the physics archive with quantum gravity in the title, in just the last five years!
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References on Time & Time Travel

Updated 12/2/2009

Recommended popular books on time. All of the authors know their physics; none are mortal enemies of the English language.  Enjoy:
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Five Popular Talks

Over the last ten or fifteen years I’ve done a number of slide talks at Balticon, Philcon, & Farpoint, three local science fiction conventions. A number of these have been relatively heavy on the physics – within the context of a science fiction convention of course – and I thought it might be fun to post them. As Rod Sterling might have put it, presented for your consideration:
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Towards a Theory of Quantum Gravity — Panel in Two Days

Followup post on 12/3/2009.

This coming Sunday, in two days, there will be a panel discussion with the topic:

Towards a Theory of Quantum Gravity
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