“If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people together to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea”

... My contribution At the Frontier of Knowledge for the 2009 FQXi essay contest on the question "What is ultimately possible in physics" won a 2nd prize!

... I am organizing a workshop on "Experimental Search for Quantum Gravity" that will take place at Nordita in Stockholm, Sweden, July 12-16 2010. More details and registration info are available at this website.