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I am a cosmologist who studies the Big Bang and related events. One of my more recent interests has been the investigation of extremal black holes, black holes on the verge of becoming naked singularities, as well as on the detection of gravitons.  For our researches on these subjects, as well as other scientific work, click here.  In an attempt to minimize spam, I have removed my email address from this web page, but if you wish to contact me you may try the standard 1 + 7 address at Princeton University, where I am currently lecturing, or search the online directory there.

 

Apart from my scientific work, I also happen to write. Click on the cover below for a look at my various books.

 

For more on my biography, professional work, scientific background, unfinished projects etc., click here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Excerpts from my plays

                                                     

The article on Galois is under Science a la Mode

 

 

For Slavophiles, Musicians and Nostalgia lovers! An epic tale of perestroika, the commissioning of the Raskatov oboe concerto during the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Photographs of Zeiss Optical Company's original geodesic dome are under Science a la Mode .

 

 

One of the saddest stories from the history of science. David Hughes's anticipation of the discovery of electromagnetic waves, ten years before Hertz, as reported by the Electrician

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Sangaku images

 

 

Who Owns Einstein?

From Everything's Relative and Other Fables in Science and Technology, read about Hedy Lamarr and George Antheil's "invention" of spread-spectrum technology.

A few proposals antedating the Lamarr-Antheil patent.

Also read about Abel Niepce de Saint Victor's discovery of radioactivity .

 

 

Last updated January 2008