Headline May 2nd, 2012 / The New Einstein

"The New Einstein"

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Albert Einstein started a revolution, and no living physicist has done that, but a new generation of theoretical physicists is now approaching fundamental questions with new spirit. They have been striking out in new directions, working in a less ideological way and eschewing grand attempts at final theories in favour of making progress by taking simple ideas and developing them towards an experimental stage.

A leading member of the new generation is Giovanni Amelino Camelia. This Italian Scientist has invented ways to check theories of quantum gravity, the field of theoretical physics engaged in unifying all the laws governing nature's forces, including those concerning gravity, experimentally. 

The older generation had given up on this because they thought they would require a particle accelerator as big as a galaxy to accelerate particles to the energies needed to test our ideas. Scientist Amelino  Cameloa and his colleagues realised that we already have access to an experimental appratus much larger than galaxy: the whole universe. 

By observing light that has been travelling for billions of years we can make the last in experiments that universe has already been doing for us. Thinking about what results such experiments will produce has led him and others to new ideas about relativity theory itself. 

In the field of quantum theory which embraces several theoretical fields of physics, the new generation is now trying to make a quantum computer. This is leading to new ways of thinking about quantum physics, which in turn is inspiring new ideas about unification and quantum gravity. One generation of cosmologists are avoiding aligning themselves with any one theory and have honed on the problem of the big bang singularity, the point from which the universe exploded.

A recommended reading for all students is Lee Smolin's book "The Trouble with Physics." So, with the large Hadron Collider, a 27km circumference particle accelerator buried 100m under Switzerland, the Scientists are sure to make progress. They hope to address many fundamental questions about the universe. Are there more than four dimensions? Does ''God Particle'' exist? Why can only 4% of the world's mass be acccounted for through astro observation? And if it all goes pear shaped, how can we fill a black hole the size of Switzerland in planet earth?? All amazing! All awesome!

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