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The Dark Matter Enigma
Jean-Pierre Luminet
In this pedestrian approach I give my personal point of view on the various problems posed by dark matter in the universe. After a brief historical overview I discuss the various s…
Gravitational Music
Jean-Pierre Luminet
Since the 1960s a growing number of composers have engaged with scientific research and have tried to incorporate their understanding of various models and theories into their musi…
The Warped Science of Interstellar
Jean-Pierre Luminet
The science fiction film, Interstellar, tells the story of a team of astronauts searching a distant galaxy for habitable planets to colonize. Interstellar's story draws heavily fro…
Science, Art and Geometrical Imagination
J. -P. Luminet
From the geocentric, closed world model of Antiquity to the wraparound universe models of relativistic cosmology, the parallel history of space representations in science and art i…
Is Science Nearing Its Limits ? Summarizing Dialogue
J. -P. Luminet
In 2007 an international conference engaged a reflection on the present conditions for sciences and scientific practice, to initiate a dialogue between science, philosophy, epistem…
A cosmic hall of mirrors
Jean-Pierre Luminet
Conventional thinking says the universe is infinite. But it could be finite and relatively small, merely giving the illusion of a greater one, like a hall of mirrors. Recent astron…