Sean Carroll

@seanmcarroll

Theoretical physicist at Caltech. Writer, talker, poetic naturalist. Preorder THE BIG PICTURE:

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  2. Feb 18

    NASA moving forward with WFIRST satellite, to study galaxies, dark energy, exoplanets, and more.

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  3. Feb 17

    True genius is often dismissed by a hidebound establishment. As is true crackpottery! The trick...

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  4. Feb 17

    Like anyone else, naturalists should worry about the end of the world. New book by is a great start.

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  6. Feb 17

    Transcript of my debate with WL Craig to be published as a (pricey!) book. Or watch video:

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    Feb 17

    LIGO India is a go! What a great week for

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  8. Feb 17

    Apple should comply with subpoenas. But it shouldn't build new backdoors into iPhone just so FBI can snoop around.

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  9. Feb 16

    Sadi Carnot, inventor of the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics, has an h-index of 1. (He wrote one paper.)

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  10. Feb 16

    Frölich, quoting Jost: one should never start a conversation about ... [all my favorite conversation topics].

    4:32 PM - 16 Feb 2016 · Details
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    Feb 16

    300 most-viewed short physics videos: :51% :10% :8% :7% :5%

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    Feb 15

    The origin and evolution of LIGO's first gravitational-wave source [HEAP]

    8:49 PM - 15 Feb 2016 · Details
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  13. Feb 15

    Check out my snazzy new website, thanks to the fabulous !

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  14. Feb 14

    We cheerfully pay corporations to install spying equipment in our homes.

    Samsung Warns Customers To Think Twice About What They Say Near Smart TVs
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    Jan 31

    The punctuation of Blood Meridian (left) versus Absalom, Absalom (right). Cormac McCarthy …

    6:48 PM - 31 Jan 2016 · Details
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    Feb 13

    Slick editor takes advantage of rube computer scientist.

    How sure am of the discovery? At least three cases of wine sure!
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    Feb 12

    Here's an affiliation network for the 963 authors of that gravitational waves paper.

    1:10 PM - 12 Feb 2016 · Details
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  18. Feb 12

    The gravitational waves from the black holes correspond to about 10^80 gravitons. Similar to the number of atoms in the universe.

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  19. Feb 12

    The Big Picture is only $18 for pre-order at Amazon. Less than four cents/page! Amazing value, if I do say so.

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  20. Feb 12

    ICYMI: Why 's discovery of gravitational waves tells us something deep about the knowability of the universe.

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  21. Feb 12

    I wrote for about locality and the nature of space. Gravitational waves may have been mentioned.

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