Astrophysics, cosmology, Bayesian inference, parenthood, politics, rock ’n’ roll, and more. Professor at Imperial College. @jaffe@mastodon.social He/him/his
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Review: The Random Universe: Andrew Jaffe ***** - Probably the best book I've read on the reality of the scientific method, how scientists build models, how they deal with randomness, uncertainty and the pitfalls of induction. popsciencebooks.blogspot.com… #bookreview #popularscience
Parliament seems to understand that the cuts to particle physics, astronomy, and nuclear physics don’t make sense.
We've published a letter to DSIT and UKRI about the funding pressures at Science and Technology Facilities Council, which could put some areas of scientific research at risk.
Read it here: committees.parliament.uk/pub…
ALT Screenshot of a letter from the science, innovation and technology committee to Lord vallance and Sir Ian Chapman
Andrew Jaffe: The Planck Satellite observes the Random Universe youtube.com/shorts/z8IzkiKTu… via @YouTube
You can hear me discuss my new book, The Random Universe, with my colleague Brian Keating on his excellent Into the Impossible podcast. yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780…
Is the Universe pre-determined or random? In this conversation, @defjaf dives deep into why the universe may be fundamentally, intrinsically random. Plus:
Is inflation on life support?
What's the truth behind the Hubble tension?
Is cosmology is approaching the event horizon, limits beyond which humans can never know?
Andrew Jaffe retweeted
Is the Universe pre-determined or random? In this conversation, @defjaf dives deep into why the universe may be fundamentally, intrinsically random. Plus:
Is inflation on life support?
What's the truth behind the Hubble tension?
Is cosmology is approaching the event horizon, limits beyond which humans can never know?
Nobel prize in physics for the development of machine learning techniques. Interesting choice — incredibly consequential (it lies behind large language models like ChatGPT etc), but arguably not “physics”. nytimes.com/2024/10/08/scien…
Running the @X iPad app on macOS has started crashing on launch for me. Anyone else? Any ideas? Bug or feature?
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"The Bizarre Shape of the Universe"
Watch this YouTube video about COMPACT (@CompactCollab) and our PRL paper on cosmic topology:
youtu.be/xqDmTBa3nr4?si=x5u7…
Thanks a lot, Elizabeth Fernandez (@SparkDialog), Jade Tan-Holmes and Tom Groenestyn for creating such an incredible video!
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12/ 📚🔬 We chat about Marc's paper with Wang & @defjaf called the Polarization Pursuers Guide. The paper presented the possibility of measuring B-mode polarization of the CMB experimentally, inspiring me to design the experiment called BICEP which led to @BICEPTWO & @BICEP_Keck.
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It is extraordinary that the USA gets treated to a dismantling of the Tory party orders of magnitude better than the tame efforts anyone dares attempt here.
(And no, it's not the swearing that makes the difference - it's the accuracy of the attacks.)
Me, talking topology.
Here's your Monday afternoon listen 🎵📻
Professor Andrew Jaffe (@defjaf) from @ImperialPhysics was on @bbc5live to discuss his investigation into the shape of the universe 👇
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0j48j…
I sometimes forget how important R.E.M. were to me, for a very long time. pitchfork.com/news/watch-rem…
Talking @CompactCollab cosmic topology with the Naked Scientists
News podcast: @Zilbauer_M @SCICambridge on a lab-grown 'mini-gut'; @ManishSagar_MD @BUMedicine on Covid-19 and immunity; @defjaf @imperialcollege on cosmic topology; @Cambridge_Eng recreate a cricket machine; and @CathLoveday @UniWestminster on memory.
thenakedscientists.com/podca…
@Pharmacy2U How do I contact you? Your website mentions a chatbot but there is no easy way to find it. Or you could have, you know, an email address.
Topology in the Observer (Guardian) — theguardian.com/science/arti…
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On our @CompactCollab
PRL paper:
phys.org/news/2024-05-future…
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One more (on our @CompactCollab PRL paper):
sciencenews.org/article/univ…
