A semana nos arXivs…

• A Brief Introduction to Wilson Loops and Large N. (arXiv:0906.4487v1 [hep-th])
• On the eigenvalues of the twisted Dirac operator
• Black holes, information, and decoherence
• Branes, instantons, and Taub-NUT spaces
• Fractional quantum Hall effect via holography: Chern-Simons, edge states and hierarchy
• Zeros of Airy Function and Relaxation Process. (arXiv:0906.3666v1 [math.PR])
• Constructive Field Theory in Zero Dimension. (arXiv:0906.3524v1 [math-ph])
• Quantum gravity as sum over spacetimes. (arXiv:0906.3947v1 [gr-qc]), In Search of Fundamental Discreteness in 2+1 Dimensional Quantum Gravity. (arXiv:0906.3547v1 [gr-qc])
• Prospects for constraining quantum gravity dispersion with near term observations. (arXiv:0906.3731v2 [astro-ph.HE])
• Monty Hall, Monty Fall, Monty Crawl
• This Week’s Finds in Mathematical Physics (Week 275)
• A force by any other name…

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• Dyson’s stance on climate change: excelente entrevista, contendo mais detalhes e contextualizando apropriadamente a postura do Dyson — e olha que ele nem falou nada sobre plânctons, algas e recifes (e metano)!
• Increasingly Popular Research Yields Increasingly Unreliable Results
• Melhores machos têm menos filhos ou Good males are bad fathers
• Is Science Journalism Breaking the Convention? e The Priesthood of Science Journalism
• Splish! Splash! Hydrotherapy for chronic back pain is pretty good!
• Opinion: Invest in UK science says Martin Rees
• Editors in Web2.0
• Hide files in an image
• Conference Networking e Networking Tips for the Introverted
• [Editorial] Science Journalism Goes Global
• Science can bridge national divides | David Kerr, Are we witnessing the end of science? | Ehsan Masood
• Quantum Mechanics Visible In Everyday Life?
• O papel da universidade, artigo de Gil da Costa Marques
• Fair Research Assessments Require Extensive Deliberation, On article-level metrics and other animals, Impact Factor Boxing 2009
• 7 Man-Made Substances that Laugh in the Face of Physics
• Ciência em ação e Apoio inédito a pesquisa