Paul Halpern

Jun 13, 2024 | science.org | Juhyuk Park |Yang Liu |Paul Halpern

Books et al. PhysicsA physicist makes the case for a deterministic alternative to quantum mechanicsPaul Halpern [email protected] Info & AffiliationsScience13 Jun 2024Vol 384, Issue 6701p. 1181Get full access to this articleView all available purchase options and get full access to this article. Books1Escape from Shadow Physics: The Quest to End the Dark Ages of Quantum Theory Adam Forrest Kay Basic Books, 2024. 496 pp.

Jun 7, 2024 | newscientist.com | Paul Halpern

The following is an extract from our Lost in Space-Time newsletter. Each month, we hand over the keyboard to a physicist or mathematician to tell you about fascinating ideas from their corner of the universe. You can sign up for Lost in Space-Time for free here. Imagine passing through a mysterious portal and encountering a version of yourself as you would have wished to be. Instead of taking up that tedious job at the accountancy firm, you followed your dreams…

Apr 3, 2024 | bigthink.com | Paul Halpern

Excerpted from The Allure of the Multiverse: Extra Dimensions, Other Worlds, and Parallel Universes by Paul Halpern. Copyright ©2024. Available from Basic Books, an imprint of Hachette Book Group, Inc. By instinct and tradition, humankind has sought to understand its environment as thoroughly as possible — to ward off dangers, embrace beneficial opportunities, and make helpful predictions.

Feb 9, 2024 | newsbreak.com | Paul Halpern

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Feb 9, 2024 | lithub.com | Paul Halpern

While much science fiction is based on theoretical physics, occasionally literature returns the favor and inspires scientific ideas. A perfect symbiosis between the two came about in the early 1980s, when astronomer-turned-novelist Carl Sagan was researching his fictional work Contact and turned to his friend physicist Kip Thorne for advice. Sagan wished to devise a way the main character of his novel could journey quickly to a remote civilization in space.