FRENCH star Grichka Bogdanoff, 72, sadly passed away on Tuesday after a battle with Covid-19. The main result of this paper is that this thermodynamic equilibrium should be a KMS state. In May 2001, the journal Classical and Quantum Gravity (CQG) reviewed an article authored by Igor and Grichka Bogdanov, titled "Topological theory of the initial singularity of spacetime". "[2] As he told The Chronicle of Higher Education, Sternheimer did not consider himself an expert in all the topics Grichka Bogdanov included in his thesis, but judged that those portions within his specialty were PhD-quality work. The fifth and last "result", Schreiber notes, is an attempt to resolve this contradiction by "invok[ing] quantum mechanics". The Bogdanovs have claimed that the "domain name 'th-phys.edu.hk' was owned by Hong Kong University. Grichka Bogdanoff, who according to a popular crypto meme was - like his brother Igor - capable of changing the market with a single phone call, has died at the age of 72 following a period of illness. [32][33], The CNRS report summarized the Bogdanoffs' theses thus: "Ces thses nont pas de valeur scientifique. The twin French TV producers first rose to online notoriety circa 2016 after a comical conspiracy theory about them appeared on 4chan. According to a popular crypto meme, the Bogdanoff brothers were capable of changing markets with a single phone call. Rumors spread on Usenet newsgroups that their work was a deliberate hoax intended to target weaknesses in the peer review system that physics journals use to select papers for publication. 05 January 2022. [39], The verdict outraged many scientists, who felt that the police and courts should have no say in a discussion of the scientific merits of a piece of work. Grichka, the younger twin, died in the intensive care unit on Dec. 28. [] Rarely have we seen a hollow work dressed with such sophistication"). Two unvaccinated French TV star twin brothers, who made their name on a science programme in the 1980s before becoming famous for their cosmetic surgery, have died within a week of each other from Covid-19, friends and family confirmed. The hard part is identifying the quantum system to which the condition should be applied, which is not done in this paper. This almost goes without saying; for a quantum system, the KMS condition is just the concrete definition of thermodynamic equilibrium. Picture: Tony Barson/FilmMagic . The brothers - who were raised by their maternal grandmother in her . 1 year ago. The Herald noted that the twins' cheekbones had become noticeably larger in the 1990s, and that "growth in their lips and chins continued unabated through the last decade". THE Bogdanoff twins were known for their extreme cosmetic enhancements - but there was more to their lives than plastic surgery. A fine of 2,000 euros the court imposed was suspended, and only one euro of damages was awarded. [75], Media reports and comments from scientists, Pre- and post-publication official commentary on the journal articles, Disputes on French and English Wikipedias. Igor and Grichka Bogdanoff are born to the nobility. The death of Igor Bogdanoff, 72, was confirmed on Monday evening by his lawyer Edouard de Lamaze, as well as . "[23] The following year, the Chinese Journal of Physics published Igor Bogdanov's "The KMS state of spacetime at the Planck scale". The first was on December 29 and the second on January 3. . [] Rarement aura-t-on vu un travail creux habill avec une telle sophistication" ("These theses have no scientific value. I'm a little surprised that anyone is surprised at this. "[11][6] Copies of the email reached American mathematical physicist John Baez, and on 23 October he created a discussion thread about the Bogdanovs' work on the Usenet newsgroup sci.physics.research, titled "Physics bitten by reverse Alan Sokal hoax? Worried by what he considered a "more-or-less explicit rejection of the rationalist tradition of the Enlightenment", Sokal decided to perform an experiment which he later cheerfully admitted was both unorthodox and uncontrolled, provoking a maelstrom of reactions which, to his surprise, received coverage in Le Monde and even the front page of The New York Times. 126.89K. Other than a statement by Dr. Stanislaus Dumin (included in a message posted by the twins on 7 January 2005 to the alt.talk.royalty Usenet newsgroup), there isn't much evidence to support this claim. As per the French newspaper Le Monde, Grichka died in Paris from COVID . [74] The observation was later confirmed by studies showing that high-prestige journals struggle to reach average reliability. [26] On the other hand, George Johnson's report in The New York Times concludes that physicists have generally decided the papers are "probably just the result of fuzzy thinking, bad writing and journal referees more comfortable with correcting typos than challenging thoughts. "[12] After the publication of the article and the publicity surrounding the controversy, mathematician Greg Kuperberg posted to Usenet a statement written by the journal's senior publisher, Andrew Wray, and its co-editor, Hermann Nicolai. [18][19] Controversy over the Bogdanoffs' work began on 22 October 2002, with an email sent by University of Tours physicist Max Niedermaier to University of Pittsburgh physicist Ezra T. [53], The verdict outraged many scientists, who felt that the police and courts should have no say in a discussion of the scientific merits of a piece of work. In particular the sentences "it does not meet the standards expected of articles in this journal" and "The paper was discussed extensively at the annual Editorial Board meeting and there was general agreement that it should not have been published" were removed. The Bogdanoff Twins commonly appeared as part of crypto memes dating back several years, making them familiar faces with the community. Newman. She tried to sustain her episodic relationship with Hayes after her divorce and his return to the United States, but declined his offer to legally adopt and raise their daughter, Maria, who became Igor and Grichka's mother. Le Monde quoted Alain Connes, recipient of the 1982 Fields Medal, as saying, "I didn't need long to convince myself that they're talking about things that they haven't mastered. [10], The brothers began careers in television, hosting several popular programs on science and science fiction. [35][43], In 2005, the Bogdanoffs became professors at Megatrend University in Belgrade, where they were appointed to Chairs of Cosmology and made directors of the 'Megatrend Laboratory of Cosmology'. [56] The Bogdanovs also sued the CNRS for 1.2 million euros in damages, claiming that the CNRS report had "port atteinte leur honneur, leur rputation et leur crdit" ("undermined their honor, reputation and credit") and calling the report committee a "Stasi scientifique", but a tribunal ruled against them in 2015 and ordered them to pay 2,000 euros. Twins meet after a 39-year separation. "[31] An official report from the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), which became public in 2010, concluded that the paper "ne peut en aucune faon tre qualifi de contribution scientifique" ("cannot in any way be considered a scientific contribution"). One point noted by Schreiber, Oeckl and the CNRS report is the claim, "A theory is topological if (the, (entry in the French academic library directory), Last edited on 26 November 2022, at 11:18, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Polmique autour des travaux des frres Bogdanov, List of topics characterized as pseudoscience, "L't scientifique des frres Bogdanoff", "Are They a) Geniuses or b) Jokers? The twins came from European nobility - but their relatives had their fair share of scandal. [50][51] There was never a substantive ruling on whether the Bogdanovs had been defamed. [53], The Bogdanoff twins were both hospitalized, at the Georges Pompidou European Hospital in Paris,[54] in critical condition on 15 December 2021, after contracting COVID-19. The online discussion was quickly followed by media attention. 72, sadly passed away on Tuesday after a battle with Covid-19. [12], Suspicions were consequently raised that Professor L. Yang was actually a pseudonym of the Bogdanovs. That's all I ask.[2]. According to physicist Arun Bala, all of these papers "involved purported applications of quantum theory to understand processes at the dawn of the universe", but ultimately turned out to be a "hoax perpetrated on the physics community. [28][50][51] The twins "went along with their meme fame", according to Business Insider, and said they predicted cryptocurrency in the 1980s on Temps X. The French mainstream media, in both the press and on the Internet, covered the renewed controversy to some extent; media outlets that reported upon it include Acrimed[15] and Ciel et Espace. They are published authors who are able to communicate with . Humans who deeply . [15], In 2002, the Bogdanoffs launched a new weekly television show, Rayons X (X Rays), on the French public channel France 2. Igor Yourivitch Bogdanoff (French pronunciation:[i jui.evit bdanf]; 29 August 1949 3 January 2022) and Grgoire "Grichka" Yourivitch Bogdanoff (French:[ewa ika]; 29 August 1949 28 December 2021) were French twin television presenters,[1] producers, and essayists who, from the 1970s on, presented various subjects in science fiction, popular science, and cosmology. The twin celebrities and scientists first rose to fame as co-hosts of the television show 'Temps X', which blended science and science . The Register reported on the dispute on 1 November 2002,[23] and stories in The Chronicle of Higher Education,[12] Nature,[20] The New York Times,[11] and other publications appeared soon after. Majid said that the French version of his report on Grichka's thesis was "an unauthorized translation partially invented by the Bogdanovs." [44], In 2004, the Bogdanovs published a commercially successful popular science book, Avant Le Big Bang (Before the Big Bang), based on a simplified version of their theses, where they also presented their point of view about the affair. Legend tells that they are higher beings of an incalculable and unprecedented historical significance. released before the COVID-19 pandemic back in January, was . Guillaumin noted that "the twins totally deny this sad odyssey. The scientific language was just an appearance behind which hid incompetence and ignorance of even basic physics.[8]. [15], In October 2004, a journalist from Ciel et Espace interviewed Shahn Majid of Queen Mary, University of London about his report on Grichka Bogdanov's thesis. There's no denying that cosmetic procedures can completely transform someone's appearance, and that seems to be the case with the Bogdanoff twins. "[35] An official report from the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), which became public in 2010, concluded that the paper "ne peut en aucune faon tre qualifi de contribution scientifique" ("cannot in any way be considered a scientific contribution"). [12], In a letter to The New York Times, Cornell physics professor Paul Ginsparg wrote that the contrast between the cases was plainly evident: "here, the authors were evidently aiming to be credentialed by the intellectual prestige of the discipline rather than trying to puncture any intellectual pretension." However, Baez pointed out, this statement does not in fact concern the Big Bang, and is entirely equivalent to the following: No matter which way a pendulum swings, there is some point on the plane in which it swings. [3], Although the Bogdanoff twins claimed to be descended paternally from a noble Muslim Tatar family traceable to the beginning of the 17th century (originally from Penza, one of whose mirzas converted to Orthodox Christianity, and was rewarded with the title of prince by a decree from Tsar Feodor III; the mirza did not exercise this right, and the title of "Prince Bogdanoff" was lost by the end of the 19th century),[5][6][citation needed] there is scant evidence for that. [11] In contrast, Ignatios Antoniadis (of the cole Polytechnique), who approved Grichka Bogdanoff's thesis, later reversed his judgment of it. [25], Both Baez and, later, Peter Woit noted that content was largely repeated from one Bogdanov paper to another.[12][26]. The Bogdanoffs' background in entertainment lent some plausibility to the idea that they were attempting a deliberate hoax, but Igor Bogdanoff quickly denied the accusation. 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