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Steven Weinberg has died
- gundmc 5y agoI just started re-reading "The First Three Minutes". Dr. Weinberg had a gift for taking incredibly complex and esoteric science and not only making it accessible, but making it a compelling story. Rest in Peace. Thank you for reigniting my curiosity and sense of wonder.
- dannylandau 5y agoWorth a black bar on the top of HN.
- contravariant 5y agoIs that ever done for people outside of tech? Though I fully agree with the sentiment.
- macintux 5y agoPrevious discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27939083 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27939083
- zachf 5y agoA titanic intellect, he will be missed. Overall a fine remembrance piece, but weird that Woit insists on rehashing his tired arguments against naturalness at the end. There’s such a trivial counterargument to Woit’s objection that any number is as reasonable as any other (which is, there’s no way to define a uniform distribution over the entire real number line). Let the great man have some glory without bringing up old and silly disagreements.
- rayiner 5y agoSo sad. My mom bought a used copy of The First Three Minutes years ago when I was in high school. Very readable, got me interested in physics.
- xiden2021 5y agoCOVID IS GAY!
- xiden2021 5y agoFuck Masks. Fuck Gavin Newsom. Fuck Joe Biden. Fuck Vaccine Passports. FUCK YOU!
- xiden2021 5y agoDeath to vaxxers!
- joelbondurant 5y agoJust as Science was adopted as the official religion of the Government, lucky bastard.
- sebzim4500 5y agoFor an explanation of why he was so important to modern physics, https://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=5566 https://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=5566
- chmaynard 5y agoAnother tribute by science journalist Tom Siegfried: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/steven-weinberg-death-physics-electromagnetism-standard-model https://www.sciencenews.org/article/steven-weinberg-death-ph...