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Luboš Motl (born 5 December 1973) is a Czech theoretical physicist who worked on string theory and conceptual problems of quantum gravity until 2006. Since 2007, he left academia. He currently lives in Plzeň, Czech Republic, and keeps a blog commenting on global warming, politics and physics. [1]

Motl was born in Plzeň. He received his master degree from the Charles University in Prague, and his Doctor of Philosophy degree from Rutgers University and has been a Harvard Junior Fellow (2001-2004) and assistant professor (2004-2007) at Harvard University. He currently has no known academic affiliation. In July, 2007 he returned to the Czech Republic after leaving academia.

He made an important contribution to matrix and nonperturbative string theory, under the impulse of his advisor Thomas Banks. Recently he worked on the pp-wave limit of AdS/CFT correspondence; twistor theory and its application to gauge theory with supersymmetry; black hole thermodynamics and the conjectured relevance of quasinormal modes for loop quantum gravity; deconstruction, and other topics. He has a presence on the Internet, where he often participates in heated discussions supporting string theory against loop quantum gravity. Along with Urs Schreiber and Arvind Rajaraman, he founded and moderates the sci.physics.strings newsgroup.

Motl translated The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene to Czech, and together with Miloš Zahradník, he co-authored a Czech textbook on linear algebra (We Grow Linear Algebra). He also authored L'equation Bogdanov[2], a book published in France popularizing the scientific ideas of the Bogdanov brothers.

Motl keeps a blog mainly discussing general science and politics. In science, besides talking about string theory, he frequently criticizes what he thinks is alarmism about global warming. He has stated that global warming alarmists should be put into quarantine and subject to euthanasia.[3] In politics, he was one of few Harvard faculty willing to openly defend president Lawrence Summers's controversial remarks regarding women in science. In religion, following the example of Oriana Fallaci, he counts himself "as a Christian atheist" [4], [5] although he notes "how simple-minded and naive Christianity can be".[6]

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-'''Lubos Motl''' is a [[Czech]] [[theoretical physics|theoretical physicist]] who works on [[string theory]] and conceptual problems of [[quantum gravity]]. He was born in 1973 in [[Pilsen]]. He received his PhD from Rutgers University (September 11th, 2001) and has been a [[Harvard University|Harvard]] Junior Fellow (2001-2004).
+'''Luboš Motl''' (born [[5 December]] [[1973]]) is a [[Czech people|Czech]] [[theoretical physics|theoretical physicist]] who worked on [[string theory]] and conceptual problems of [[quantum gravity]] until 2006. Since 2007, he left academia. He currently lives in [[Plzeň]], Czech Republic, and keeps a [[blog]] commenting on global warming, politics and physics. [http://motls.blogspot.com/]
+Motl was born in [[Plzeň]]. He received his master degree from the [[Charles University]] in [[Prague]], and his [[Doctor of Philosophy]] degree from [[Rutgers University]] and has been a [[Harvard Junior Fellow]] (2001-2004) and assistant professor (2004-2007) at [[Harvard University]]. He currently has no known academic affiliation. In July, 2007 he returned to the Czech Republic after leaving academia.
-Together with Robbert Dijkgraaf, Erik Verlinde, and Herman Verlinde, he is a co-founder of Matrix string theory, a nonperturbative definition of [[string theory]]. Recently he worked on the pp-wave limit of [[AdS/CFT]] correspondence; [[twistor]] theory and its application to [[gauge theory]] with [[supersymmetry]]; [[black hole]] thermodynamics and the conjectured relevance of quasinormal modes for [[loop quantum gravity]]; deconstruction, and other topics. He has a presence on the [[Internet]], where he often participates in discussions and flame wars between loop quantum gravity and string theory. Together with Urs Schreiber and Arvind Rajaraman, he is a co-founder and moderator of the sci.physics.strings newsgroup.
+He made an important contribution to matrix and nonperturbative string theory, under the impulse of his advisor [[Tom Banks (Physicist)|Thomas Banks]]. Recently he worked on the pp-wave limit of [[AdS/CFT]] correspondence; [[twistor]] theory and its application to [[gauge theory]] with [[supersymmetry]]; [[black hole]] thermodynamics and the conjectured relevance of [[quasinormal mode]]s for [[loop quantum gravity]]; deconstruction, and other topics. He has a presence on the [[Internet]], where he often participates in heated discussions supporting string theory against loop quantum gravity. Along with [[Urs Schreiber]] and [[Arvind Rajaraman]], he founded and moderates the sci.physics.strings [[newsgroup]].
-Motl translated "The Elegant Universe" by [[Brian Greene]] to Czech, and together with Milos Zahradnik, he co-authored a Czech textbook on linear algebra (We Grow Linear Algebra).
+Motl translated ''[[The Elegant Universe]]'' by [[Brian Greene]] to [[Czech language|Czech]], and together with [[Miloš Zahradník]], he co-authored a Czech textbook on [[linear algebra]] (''We Grow Linear Algebra''). He also authored  ''L'equation Bogdanov''[http://motls.blogspot.com/2008/01/lequation-bogdanov.html], a book published in France popularizing the scientific ideas of the [[Bogdanov brothers]].
+Motl keeps a [[blog]] mainly discussing general science and politics. In science, besides talking about string theory, he frequently criticizes what he thinks is alarmism about [[global warming]]. He has stated that global warming alarmists should be put into quarantine and subject to euthanasia.[http://www.webcitation.org/5ZE0GSy7h] In politics, he was one of few Harvard faculty willing to openly defend president [[Lawrence Summers]]'s controversial remarks regarding women in science. In religion, following the example of [[Oriana Fallaci]], he counts himself "as a Christian atheist" [http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/A1ZDPQA6FLY8XM], [http://motls.blogspot.com/2006/09/oriana-fallaci-force-of-reason.html] although he notes "how simple-minded and naive Christianity can be".[http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/A1ZDPQA6FLY8XM?display=public&sort%5Fby=MostRecentReview&page=5]
 == External links ==
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-* [http://schwinger.harvard.edu/~motl/ Lubos Motl's home page]
+* [http://schwinger.harvard.edu/~motl/ Luboš Motl's home page]
+* [http://motls.blogspot.com/ Luboš Motl's blog]
+=== Physics ===
+* [http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0606100 Higher-order corrections to mass-charge relation of extremal black holes]
+* [http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0601001 The String Landscape, Black Holes and Gravity as the Weakest Force]
+* [http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0404085 Equivalence of twistor prescriptions for super Yang-Mills]
+* [http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0403187 Cubic Twistorial String Field Theory]
+* [http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0309238 Matrix string theory, contact terms, and superstring field theory]
+* [http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0306051 Heterotic plane wave matrix models and giant gluons]
+* [http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0301173 Asymptotic black hole quasinormal frequencies]
+* [http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0212096 An analytical computation of asymptotic Schwarzschild quasinormal frequencies]
+* [http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0206166 PP-Wave / CFT_2 Duality]
+* [http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0205089 PP-wave string interactions from perturbative Yang-Mills theory]
+* [http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0109149 Nonperturbative Formulations of Superstring Theory (Phd Thesis)]
+* [http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9510105 Two-parametric zeta function regularization in superstring theory]
 * [http://schwinger.harvard.edu/~sps/ SCI.physics.STRINGS newsgroup]
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