Paul Halpern
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Physicist and Science Writer. Author of nineteen books, most recently THE GREAT ATOM DEBATE: ERNST MACH, LUDWIG BOLTZMANN, AND THE BATTLE FOR THE ESSENCE OF REALITY https://greatatomdebate.com/
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('cuz you know, both Boltzmann and Ehrenfest did some pretty good work... for a while)
Show PostThe strange, hypothetical notion of Boltzmann Brains, entities assembled by mere chance elsewhere in the cosmos with false memories of lives never lived. Video by Mauritz Wilshusen, starring Paul Halpern greatatomdebate.com #greatatomdebate #BoltzmannBrain #booksky #science #physics #Boltzmann
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Thanks for the repost! (and the photo - duly acknowledged in a footnote!)
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Might have a hard time with 1 loop corrections.
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Somehow I missed the whole Royal Society Science Book Prize business this year, and have only just discovered, to my great delight, that it was won by Kit Chapman for his marvellous The Age of Alchemy. This makes me very happy. royalsociety.org/news/2026/09...
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