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Tag Archives: quantum theory

Featured Articles, Nature

Quantum theory and the birth of geometry and Einstein’s geometric theory of gravity

Link November 16, 2015 Ron Cowen

Quantum theory and the birth of geometry and Einstein’s geometric theory of gravity

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Featured Articles, Nature

Is Space Grainy? New Experimental Design Aims to Find out [Nature]

November 23, 2012 Ron Cowen

As featured in my latest Nature article, a new experimental design by Jacob Bekenstein at Hebrew University of Jerusalem uses existing and relatively simple equipment to test how smooth space is.

J. Bekenstein
J. Bekenstein

Continue reading Is Space Grainy? New Experimental Design Aims to Find out [Nature] →

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Science Writer

Ron Cowen

Award-winning science writer with a passionate interest in the intersection of popular culture and the physical sciences. Articles include features and news stories on the earliest known recorded sounds, an essay on Hubble Space Telescope photography and evidence suggesting the universe is a hologram.

Dubbed “the scoop machine,” by the Knight Science Journalism Tracker, Ron has been published in National Geographic, Nature, The New York Times, Science, Science News, Scientific American, and US News & World Report.

To get in touch with Ron, email him at roncowen [at] msn.com.