A semana nos arXivs…

• On the History of Geometrization of Space-time: From Minkowski to Finsler Geometry
• From global symmetries to local currents: the free U(1) case in 4 dimensions
• Sur les formules locales de l’indice
• Massless scalar free Field in 1+1 dimensions, II: Net Cohomology and Completeness of Superselection Sectors
• Monopoles in arbitrary dimension
• A Causal Set Black Hole
• Modelling civilization as ‘heat engine’ could improve climate predictions
• BTZ black hole entropy: a spin foam model description
• From Quarks to Strings
• The Uncanny Precision of the Spectral Action
• On the resolution of the big bang singularity in isotropic Loop Quantum Cosmology
• Quantum geometrodynamics: whence, whither?
• On the Flow of Time
• Loop Quantum Cosmology: An Overview
• A Note on Distributional Semi-Riemannian Geometry
• Path integral representation of spin foam models of 4D gravity
• On the existence of soliton and hairy black hole solutions of Einstein–Yang–Mills theory with a negative cosmological constant
• Causal boundaries and holography on wave type spacetimes
• A note on Self-Dual Yang-Mills Theory
• Local aspects of free open bosonic string field theory
• Mathematical undecidability and quantum randomness
• Gauge Invariance in Field Theory and Statistical Physics in Operator Formalism
• Topological features of massive bosons on two dimensional Einstein space-time. I: Spatial approach
• Exploring knotting mechanisms in protein folding
• Incipient criticality in ecological communities
• Laws of population growth
• Beyond the Hoax: Science, Philosophy and Culture
• Coleman tribute
• Notes on BRST V: Highest Weight Theory
• Notes on BRST VI: Casimir Operators
• This Week’s Finds in Mathematical Physics (Week 272)
• Free multimedia education material on particle physics, accelerators

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• Teias de ciência, editorial da “Folha de SP”
• Sonhos de Natal na revista Piauí
• Fernando Haddad ressalta na ABC a importância da interlocução com a comunidade científica e acadêmica
• L’affaire El Naschie, The Case of M. S. El Naschie, Continued
• The Numerati
• A Brief History of Software Engineering by Niklaus Wirth (PDF)
• The Feynman Lectures on Physics
• Science as a Way of Knowing
• Should you care about particle physics or the Higgs boson?
• Live Webcasts of 2008 Nobel Prize Award Ceremonies and Nobel Lectures
• Political and Technical Implications of GitTorrent
• The Incredible Convenience of Mathematica Image Processing
• Solving the Knight’s Tour Puzzle In 60 Lines of Python