Abhi, what do you think of this?
From a glance, it’s certainly interesting, there certainly is such a dichotomy between QM and GR with respect to the ways in which either theory considers time and the notion of an aether. It’s intriguing that the same type of tests that may be applied on the “Einstein-Aether” theory as to test Horava’s. I thought the Aether had been buried for good, I’d say as the author noted, it would be worth waiting to see if the theory can at least reproduce the Lorentz invariance of General Relativity at larger scales and lower energies(hence the relative behaviour of space and time).
I’m puzzled as to how absolute time is made to co-exist with Lorentz invariance, though I don’t know the details of the theory and how this could be made to work.
Thank you, Abhi. And one other thing (sorry everyone else for the OT; I just want to get a brief response), have you read Mises’ Theory and History? If so what is your judgment on his discussion of quantum mechanics therein?
So, my birthday is in a few months and I’m thinking about getting another book. I’m leaning toward Socialism by Mises right now. Any suggestions?
I still have to plow through my other books I got for Christmas. I haven’t even finished Economics in One Lesson yet!
Unfortunately I haven’t read it yet, still need to get round to finishing HA…
I recommend T&H next (or even before you finish HA). Human Action by itself contains the matured essences of Theory of Money and Credit, Socialism, and Epistemological Problems of Economics. But T&H was written after HA, so his thinking had progressed since then (for example, he didn’t use the term “thymology” at all in HA).
Has anybody read Dead Aid by Dambisa Moyo? I just got it today through the mail. I also recently purchased an anthology of articles by George Selgin, in an effort to better understand the free banker’s position, but it will probably take a week to be delivered. My library has not grown much since the last time I posted pictures, but I got a new bookshelf:
Sweet
I’m a third-fourth year graduate student in chemical physics/theoretical chemistry. I’m very fortunate that my research is both theoretical and experimental. Currently, our research teams use a tremendous amount of quantum mechanics (experimental & theoretical) & statistical mechanics (theoretical models) in solid state physics for chemical analysis. I’m pretty well versed in quantum mechanics however, since our research now deals with mostly photon emission; I’ve had to study quantum field theory significantly. Thus, I’ve had to take courses in general relativity and differential geometry to understand scientific papers in QFT & Srednicki’s Quantum Field Theory. Personally, I thought I would never grasp advanced group theory (spinors, SU(N), SO(N), lie groups) and differential geometry (manifolds, lie derivatives, and so forth). Taking general relativity & QFT was fascinating because you learn so much esoteric mathematics. Curious on what research you do sir.
I’ve been introduced to General Relativity and QFT this year, though from reading your post, I’m sure you probably have a better grasp of both than I, a condition I will need to remedy before my exams[*-)].
My project work has been on studying the nonanalytic nature of entropy in the vicinity of quantum phase transitions undergone by an XY model affected by a magnetic field in the zero temperature limit. I’ve made progress with the isotropic form of the model, but my deadline is nearing and need to get as much possible down for the generic model!
How cool would it be to have this
Haha sputnik in a library
Is that real?
That is Jay Walker’s, owner of Priceline.com, private library.
Oh yes!!!
There was an article about it in Wired magazine a couple of years back, with several photos (you can read about it on-line).
What is interesting is he’s not interested in first editions, but of just good books.
I wish I could have a personal library like that…
Sounds like a smart dude.
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I wish I had known about this post earlier because I just donated these two books to my library earlier today:
Crisis and Leviathan
Uncle Sam’s Plantation
EBooks that I’ve read:
Rise and Fall of Society by Chodorov
Mystery of Banking by Rothbard
At one point I had these books:
Creature from Jekyll Island
Ten Things You Can’t Say in America by Larry Elder
I thought it was a disco ball.
In Soviet Russia, Sputnik is disco ball!
To those who have contributed to this thread: 1) Do you consider yourself to be a “fast” reader? 2) What is your reading speed? 3) How long did it take you to read Man, Economy & State? (I’m in Chapter 2 now.)