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	<description>quantum mechanics with an attitude (or, my life as a theorist)</description>
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		<title>Quantizing cranks: what really makes a crank, a crank?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:20:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As editor of The Quantum Times and chair of my department, I get a lot of mail from cranks (once I became chair my colleagues decided that dealing with cranks was one of the duties of the chair &#8211; hmmm).  Some of the more interesting cranks I&#8217;ve heard from have included

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		<title>Arthur Stanley Eddington</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:05:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, Sunday, November 22, 2009, marks the 65th anniversary of the death of Arthur Stanley Eddington who happens to have been the subject of my PhD thesis.  I wrote a few other papers on him back in the day (all available on the arXiv).  He was a fascinating guy so here&#8217;s to old Arthur!
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		<title>OMG &#8211; the greatest algebraic group name of all time</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:09:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, in group theory, there actually is something known as a Tits group.  No joke.
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		<title>More on Gel&#8217;fand</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:44:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was muddling around trying to find more information on Gel&#8217;fand&#8217;s MacArthur &#8220;Genius&#8221; grant of 1994 and discovered this very nice obituary from the &#8220;paper of record.&#8221;
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		<title>TQC 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:41:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Got an e-mail this morning from Simone Severini concerning TQC 2010.  Here&#8217;s the announcement:
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ANNOUNCEMENT
The 5th Conference on Theory of Quantum Computation,
Communication, and Cryptography
&#8212;- TQC 2010 &#8212;-
University of Leeds, UK
13 &#8211; 15 April 2010
http://tqc2010.leeds.ac.uk
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Quantum computation, quantum communication, and quantum cryptography are subfields of quantum information processing, an interdisciplinary field of information science and quantum mechanics. TQC [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=quantummoxie.wordpress.com&blog=2199677&post=829&subd=quantummoxie&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Beer in superposition</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the first time ever (apparently), the QIP Workshop will include a rump session and I&#8217;ll be there to see it!  In the notice they include this great picture of a pitcher of beer in a superposition of &#8216;empty&#8217; and &#8216;non-empty.&#8217;
Note that &#8220;Non-technical and humorous presentations are encouraged.&#8221;  Hmmm&#8230;  This could be my big break&#8230;
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		<title>Upcoming quantum conferences</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two important quantum-related conferences have been announced.  First up at the end of February is the 12th annual SqUiNT Workshop in Santa Fe.  Among the kickoff keynote speakers is the awesome Bill Phillips (who just happens to have a Nobel Prize).  After a month to do other things, you can then head off to Britain [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=quantummoxie.wordpress.com&blog=2199677&post=824&subd=quantummoxie&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A different interpretation of super-dense matter?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:08:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I gave a talk yesterday as part of our new seminar series at work.  It was based on my FQXi essay.  One of the issues I raised was how to describe degenerate matter on a massive scale, specifically white dwarf stars.  Normal stars are supported against gravitational collapse by the stellar fusion process.  But stellar [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=quantummoxie.wordpress.com&blog=2199677&post=821&subd=quantummoxie&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Physics in Zürich &#8211; historical sites</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:28:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Long time, no blog!  Yes, I&#8217;ve been insanely busy.  One thing I was busy doing was preparing for QIP 2010 that will take place in Zürich in January.  Now that I&#8217;ve made my reservations, I&#8217;m compiling a list of places in and around the city that have played a role in the history of physics.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=quantummoxie.wordpress.com&blog=2199677&post=818&subd=quantummoxie&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>FQXi essay contest &#8211; making progress</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, my essay seems to be creeping up in the Community Ratings.  I&#8217;m currently tied for third place.  That&#8217;s kind of cool, right?  I&#8217;m keeping my fingers crossed.  I&#8217;d really like to have a strong finish.  If you haven&#8217;t read it and/or rated it yet, the public can still do so.  You can do both [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=quantummoxie.wordpress.com&blog=2199677&post=816&subd=quantummoxie&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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