The Allure of the Multiverse

An extraordinary voyage into the history of how parallel universes, higher dimensions and time travel have captivated us in imaginative books, films, and series, while stirring raging controversy in science.

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'If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.'

-Albert Einstein

“My grandfather Max Born.. said, ‘The belief that there is only one truth and that oneself is in possession of it, seems to me the deepest root of all that is evil in the world.’

[My] grandfather’s words put it all into perspective for me. I agree with him.”

-Olivia Newton-John

The ultimate physics geek's fantasy:

Richard Feynman giving a free public lecture about the differences between the scientific theories of Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein.

The only catch: the talk took place in 1951, so you need to travel back in time to see it!

The universe does not exist 'out there' independent of us. We are inescapably involved in bringing about that which appears to be happening. We are not only observers. We are participators. In some strange sense this is a participatory universe.'

-John Archibald Wheeler

Max Born, who coined the term 'quantum mechanics,' mentored Heisenberg, and exchanged ideas with Einstein, takes time off from his calculations to feed some friendly birds.

Fun fact: Singer and actress Olivia Newton-John was his famous granddaughter.

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Quantum Blues

Brilliant new song by Max Born, grandson of the famous Nobel laureate founder of quantum mechanics and first cousin of Olivia Newton John

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'If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.'
-Isaac Newton

#GirlsInSTEM #IsaacNewton #AlbertEinstein #WomenInSTEM

NEW: “I’m very drawn to books with strong narratives and strong characters” American science writer Mark Wolverton (SloanPublic, The MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social) recommends some of his favourite books on the history of physics:
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The universe does not exist 'out there' independent of us. We are inescapably involved in bringing about that which appears to be happening. We are not only observers. We are participators. In some strange sense this is a participatory universe.'

-John Archibald Wheeler

I have known the dreadful dissolution of the universe. I have seen all perish at the end of every cycle. Ah, who will count the universes that have passed away or creations that have risen afresh, again and again, from the formless abyss of the vast waters?
-Brahmavaivarta Purana

Brilliant co-creators of the electroweak unification theory (a critical component of the Standard Model of particle physics) before receiving the 1979 Nobel Prize for Physics in Stockholm.

Left to right:
Sheldon Lee Glashow, USA 🇺🇸
Abdus Salam, Pakistan🇵🇰
Steven Weinberg, USA 🇺🇸

'All religions, arts, and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling a person's life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence, and leading the individual toward freedom.'

-Albert Einstein (YMCA Founder's Day Address)

Einstein on the Tarmac:
EMC2 meets TWA

Photo taken in April 1939 at Newark Airport, New Jersey, USA

More than three centuries before Galileo, brilliant 13th century Persian Muslim scholar Nasir al-Din al-Tusi was the first known thinker to suggest that the Milky Way is composed of numerous stars, each contributing light to its hazy profile.

#histSTM

A tribute to accomplished scientists from four different lands in the Middle East and Asia:

Marie Abboud (Lebanon)

Hadil Abualrob (Palestine)

Anisa Qamar (Pakistan)

Hoda Abou Shady (Egypt)

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#WomenInSTEM

Smile and say 'E equals M C squared!'

On a visit to California in the early 1930s, Albert Einstein learned how to operate a home movie camera.

Wolfgang Pauli's hilarious response to Werner Heisenberg's claims on a radio show that, except for the details, he was close to a theory of everything. Pauli sent this to George Gamow:

'This is to show the world, that I can paint like Titian. Only technical details are missing.'

The humble birthplace of extraordinary Pakistani physicist and Nobel Laureate Abdus Salam, one of the key developers of the Standard Model of particle physics, is a two-room bungalow in the town of Jhang, 300 kilometers southwest of Islamabad.

#histSTM

Quantum pioneer Max Born in Bangalore, India, at the invitation of fellow Nobel Laureate Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman (left).

Born (center) delivered a lecture about the 'mysterious number 137' the approximate inverse of the fine structure constant.