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== Important Known Events == | |||
===1948=== | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Babson Roger Babson] forms the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_Research_Foundation Gravity Research Foundation (GRF)] | |||
===1953=== | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryce_DeWitt Bryce Seligman DeWitt] is the first well-respected physicist to [https://web.archive.org/web/20121228174605/http://www.gravityresearchfoundation.org/winners_name.html win the Gravity Research Foundation essay contest] | |||
===1955=== | |||
* George S Trimble, the vice president for aviation and advanced propulsion systems at the Glenn L. Martin Company, forms the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_Institute_for_Advanced_Studies Research Institute for Advanced Studies (RIAS)], supervised by Welcome Bender | |||
* July 9: Initial meeting between Bryce DeWitt and Agnew Bahnson in Raleigh, N.C | |||
* September 7: Agnew Bahnson incorporates The Institute of Field Physics (IOFP) at UNC Chapel Hill, to be directed by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryce_DeWitt Bryce DeWitt] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cécile_DeWitt-Morette Cécile DeWitt-Morette] | |||
===1957=== | |||
* January 18-23: [https://edition-open-sources.org/media/sources/5/Sources5.pdf Conference on the Role of Gravitation in Physics] at UNC Chapel Hill | |||
===1973=== | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Mansfield#Mansfield_Amendments Mansfield Amendment] terminates Department of Defense funding for anti-gravity research | |||
== Relevant People == | == Relevant People == | ||
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheldon_Glashow Sheldon Glashow] | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheldon_Glashow Sheldon Glashow] | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Higgs Peter Higgs] | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Higgs Peter Higgs] | ||
=== [https://www.gravityresearchfoundation.org/year#1949 Notable winners of the Gravity Research Foundation essay contest] === | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryce_DeWitt Bryce Seligman DeWitt] (1st place, 1953) | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Arnowitt Richard Arnowitt] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Deser Stanley Deser] (1st place, 1954) | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Archibald_Wheeler John Archibald Wheeler] (2nd place, 1957) | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Schwinger Julian Schwinger] (2nd place, 1975) | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeman_Dyson Freeman Dyson] (4th place, 1962) | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Penrose Roger Penrose] (2nd place, 1966; 2nd place, 1968; 1st place, 1975) | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Hawking Stephen Hawking] (2nd place, 1965; 3rd place, 1966; 2nd place, 1968; 5th place, 1969; 1st place, 1971; 3rd place, 1974) | |||
== Relevant Institutions == | == Relevant Institutions == | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_Research_Foundation Gravity Research Foundation] | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_Research_Foundation Gravity Research Foundation (GRF)] | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill] | * Institute for Field Physics (IOFP) at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill] | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_Institute_for_Advanced_Studies Research Institute for Advanced Studies (RIAS)] | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_Institute_for_Advanced_Studies Research Institute for Advanced Studies (RIAS)] | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_L._Martin_Company Glenn L. Martin Company] | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_L._Martin_Company Glenn L. Martin Company] | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtiss-Wright Curtiss-Wright Corporation] | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtiss-Wright Curtiss-Wright Corporation] | ||
== Tweets == | == Eric's Coverage == | ||
=== Tweets === | |||
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== Videos == | === Videos === | ||
'''Eric Weinstein | '''The Physics of UFOs: Eric Weinstein + Hal Puthoff (February 11, 2022)''' | ||
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'''Avi Loeb + Eric Weinstein: NASA gets into UAPs, Galileo Project update, and Government Competence''' | '''Avi Loeb + Eric Weinstein: NASA gets into UAPs, Galileo Project update, and Government Competence (June 17, 2022)''' | ||
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''' | '''Eric Weinstein Λ Mick West: UAPs, Evidence, Skepticism (July 7, 2022)''' | ||
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'''Joe Rogan Experience #1945''' | '''Joe Rogan Experience #1945 (February 22, 2023)''' | ||
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== | == References == | ||
[https://web.mit.edu/dikaiser/www/HSNS4803_03_Kaiser.pdf | * [https://web.mit.edu/dikaiser/www/HSNS4803_03_Kaiser.pdf The Price of Gravity: Private Patronage and the Transformation of Gravitational Physics after World War II] by [https://web.mit.edu/dikaiser/www/ David Kaiser] & [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Rickles Dean Rickles] | ||
* [https://edition-open-sources.org/media/sources/5/Sources5.pdf The Role of Gravitation in Physics: Report from the 1957 Chapel Hill Conference] | |||
* [https://royalsoc.org.au/images/pdf/journal/154-2-Rickles.pdf Behind the scenes of the 1957 Chapel Hill Conference on the role of gravitation in physics] by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Rickles Dean Rickles] |