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Fig. 1: Werner Heisenberg presenting his "Weltformel" at the 1958 Planck Centenary in West Berlin. Source: DPA.

 

People

Historical Epistemology of the Final Theory Program

Research Group Leader

Alexander Blum

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Service & Administrators

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Researchers

Alumni

Predoctoral Fellow (Aug 2024 - Oct 2024)

Wissenschaftliches Projekt: Inconsistencies in quantum field theories: replacement vs. refinement?

Visiting Predoctoral Fellow (Jul 2021 - Sep 2021)

Roger Penrose's Approach to Quantum Gravity

Predoctoral Fellow (Sep 2024 - Oct 2024)

Visiting Predoctoral Fellow (May 2020 - Sep 2020)

Sums Over

Postdoctoral Fellow (Jul 2018 - Dec 2018)

Renormalization After 1950

Visiting Predoctoral Fellow (Apr 2022 - Sep 2024)

The Classical Age of Quantum Gravity: from Dirac to Wheeler

Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow (Sep 2021 - Jan 2023)

Concepts from mesoscopic physics in particle physics. Unveiling a success story in modern science

(Mar 2018 - Sep 2019)

Visiting Senior Research Fellow (Apr 2024 - Apr 2024)

Visiting Scholar (Feb 2023 - Jan 2025)

STEPHEN HAWKING’S ATTEMPTS TO UNIFY PHYSICS (1970s-2010s): A CONTRIBUTION TOWARD THE YEAR OF QUANTUM SCIENCE

Visiting Student (Dec 2017 - Apr 2019)

The Genesis of the CPT Theorem

Visiting Predoctoral Fellow (Oct 2023 - Nov 2023)

Fundamental Physics and Empiricism. The Plausibility of Cosmic Inflation

Visiting Scholar (Oct 2022 - Dec 2022)

Edmund Whittaker, Arthur Eddington and the Final Theory Program

Visiting Predoctoral Fellow (Nov 2019 - Aug 2021)

Communication with (Extra)Terrestrial Intelligence: Science Diplomacy during the Cold War (1960 - 1976)

Predoctoral Fellow (May 2024 - Jun 2024)

Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow (Sep 2022 - Jan 2024)

Effective Theories: Past, Present, and Beyond

Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow (Jul 2019 - Aug 2019)