Review: A Universe From Nothing by Lawrence Krauss

I just finished “A Universe From Nothing,” by Lawrence Krauss. I found it intensely interesting and enlightening. From a purely scientific perspective, I found it engrossing and understandable, even for a lay-person like myself. There were definitely some points that I did not completely understand, but it helped me to also watch his lecture about this topic online for clarification.

A Universe From Nothing: Preview of a Review

Today I received my copy of Lawrence Krauss' new book, "A Universe From Nothing." I am excited to get started reading it, as his lecture at AAI 2009 about this very topic brought up many questions in my mind.

Large Hadron Collider Creates "Mini Big Bang"

via richarddawkins.net & BBC News:

Lead ion collision inside the LHC

CERN scientists have recently collided lead ions which have created some beautiful and curious reactions.  Scientists hope these experiments will help us understand the processes at work at the very beginning of the universe.  Temperatures reached upwards of 10 trillion degrees, which are the highest ever reproduced in an experiment. Still no word on when the LHC will destroy the world.  Read the full article here.

Richard Feynman: Fun to Imagine

The 1983 BBC series of conversations with Richard Feynman in which he tries to express the joy he gets from thinking scientifically about the world is available on the BBC's website.  Feynman was a genius physicist and Nobel prize winner, who had a passion for science.  His excitement when discussing simple (and not so simple) concepts is contagious.  Check it out here.