From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.science.mathematics.categories/3727 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Galchin Vasili" Newsgroups: gmane.science.mathematics.categories Subject: Re: Topos theory in the New Scientist Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:21:48 -0500 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1241019486 10032 80.91.229.2 (29 Apr 2009 15:38:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:38:06 +0000 (UTC) To: "Categories mailing list" Original-X-From: rrosebru@mta.ca Sun Apr 15 17:16:31 2007 -0300 Return-path: Envelope-to: categories-list@mta.ca Delivery-date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 17:16:31 -0300 Original-Received: from Majordom by mailserv.mta.ca with local (Exim 4.61) (envelope-from ) id 1HdAzw-000258-MZ for categories-list@mta.ca; Sun, 15 Apr 2007 17:06:56 -0300 Content-Disposition: inline Original-Sender: cat-dist@mta.ca Precedence: bulk X-Keywords: X-UID: 14 Original-Lines: 22 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.science.mathematics.categories:3727 Archived-At: Isham's new set of papers "A Topos Foundation for Theories of Physics" .. http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/topos_physics/ On 4/12/07, Prof. Peter Johnstone wrote: > > Category theorists in general, and topos theorists in particular, > may want to check out this week's cover story in the New Scientist > (www.newscientist.com). The author (Robert Matthews of Aston > University in Birmingham) is clearly a fan of Chris Isham: it's not > clear to me whether he actually knows what a topos is, but he has > committed himself to statements such as > > "Topos theory could lead to a view of reality more astonishing > and successful than quantum theory" > > which is splashed all over page 32 of the magazine. Even if you don't > believe this (and I don't think I do) it's pleasant to see topos theory > getting this sort of publicity. > > Peter Johnstone >