[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. "[20][21], Copies of the email reached American mathematical physicist John C. Baez, and on 23 October he created a discussion thread about the Bogdanoffs' work on the Usenet newsgroup sci.physics.research, titled "Physics bitten by reverse Alan Sokal hoax? "[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"). [47][48] In November 2005, this led the Arbitration Committee, a dispute resolution panel that acts as the project's court of last resort, to ban anyone deemed to be a participant in the external dispute from editing the English Wikipedia's article on the Bogdanov Affair. 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". Participants in the discussions were particularly unconvinced by a statement in the "Topological origin of inertia" paper that "whatever the orientation, the plane of oscillation of Foucault's pendulum is necessarily aligned with the initial singularity marking the origin of physical space." Grichka and Igor Bogdanoff, who were known as the Bogdanoff twins, have passed away at the age of 72. Did you know that the Bogdanoff twins rose to prominence hosting a French science fiction series that repurposed footage from shows like Doctor Who and The T. As per the French newspaper Le Monde, Grichka died in Paris from COVID . Raised in castle after scandalous affair. 1 min read. Igor and Grichka Bogdanoff are born to the nobility. [4] Her pregnancy by African-American tenor Roland Hayes caused her to forfeit access to her four elder children, to her palatial homes in Berlin and Prague, and also her reputation in European society. One bit of jargon, the Hagedorn temperature, comes from string theory, but as Schreiber notes, the paper does not use this concept in any detail; moreover, since the paper is manifestly not a string theory treatise, "considering the role the Hagedorn temperature plays in string cosmology, this is bordering on self-parody." The statement read, in part, Regrettably, despite the best efforts, the refereeing process cannot be 100% effective. Urs Schreiber, then a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Hamburg, noted that the mention of the Foucault pendulum was at odds with the papers' general tone, since they generally relied upon more "modern terminology". [2] Both of the brothers received the lowest passing grade of "honorable", which is seldom given, as Daniel Sternheimer told The New York Times science reporter Dennis Overbye. Written by on 22 febrero, 2023. [15], The twins became popular Internet memes, especially among enthusiasts of cryptocurrency, jokingly depicting the Bogdanoffs as "all-powerful market makers". Un recueillement en sa mmoire aura lieu le mercredi 8 aot, 11 heures, au cimetire de Saint-Lary. [61], In 2008, Presses de la Renaissance[fr] published L'quation Bogdanov: le secret de l'origine de l'univers? La Dpche du Midi prsente ses condolances la famille (Youra Bogdanof)". [11][19], In October 2002, the Bogdanoffs released an email containing apparently supportive statements by Laurent Freidel, then a visiting professor at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. [25], The Chinese Journal of Physics published Igor Bogdanoff's "The KMS state of spacetime at the Planck scale", while Nuovo Cimento published "KMS space-time at the Planck scale". It would be too good if all these ideas and (correct) formulae were necessary for a justification of a working solution to the initial singularity problem. Eventually, the controversy attracted mainstream media attention, opening new avenues for physicists' comments to be disseminated. Cependant, cela ne les prive pas thoriquement de la possibilit de confirmer nouveau leur droit au titre de prince sur les voies de la grce du chef de la maison impriale de, (entry in the French academic library directory), Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, "Youra Bogdanoff, pre des clbres frres Igor et Grishka Bogdanoff est dcd cette semaine. During the twins' early days, their mother allegedly translates for German forces occupying the region. Igor Bogdanoff has passed away at 72, just six days after the death of twin brother Grichka. [] Rarely have we seen a hollow work dressed with such sophistication"). Both the book and the Bogdanovs' television shows have been criticized for elementary scientific and mathematical inaccuracies. In addition, the paper claimed, the Foucault pendulum experiment "cannot be explained satisfactorily in either classical or relativistic mechanics". Yikes. 05 January 2022. [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 Bogdanoffs' work is significantly more incoherent than just about anything else being published", wrote Peter Woit. [11] Both brothers received the lowest passing grade of "honorable". [20] Niedermaier suggested that the Bogdanoffs' Ph.D. theses and papers were "spoof[s]", created by throwing together instances of theoretical-physics jargon, including terminology from string theory: "The abstracts are delightfully meaningless combinations of buzzwords which apparently have been taken seriously. The TV personality's death came just six days after that of his identical twin brother Grichka, who died on 28 December. In a statement released by his agent, the family . The main result of this paper is that this thermodynamic equilibrium should be a KMS state. Both unfortunately succumbed to complications related to COVID. [54], In 2014, the Bogdanovs sued the weekly magazine Marianne for defamation, on account of reporting the magazine had published in 2010[55] which had brought the CNRS report to light. In April 2012, a group of 170 scientists published an open letter titled L'affaire Bogdanoff: Libert, Science et Justice, Des scientifiques revendiquent leur droit au blme (The Bogdanoff Affair: Liberty, Science and Justice, scientists claim their right of critique). promo. The Bogdanov affair was an academic dispute regarding the legitimacy of a series of theoretical physics papers written by French twins Igor and Grichka Bogdanov (alternatively spelled Bogdanoff).The papers were published in reputable scientific journals, and were alleged by their authors to culminate in a theory for describing what occurred before and at the Big Bang. FRENCH star Grichka Bogdanoff, 72, sadly passed away on Tuesday after a battle with Covid-19.But before his tragic death, he and his brother Igor were . Les frres Bogdanoff ont quatre frres et surs plus jeunes: Franois, Laurence, Graldine et Vronique. I am writing this just to point out what I think are the central 'ideas' the authors had when writing their articles and how this led them to their conclusions.[30]. It is the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology which is located in Clear Water Bay, not Hong Kong University (HKU), whose main campus is located in the Mid-Levels of Hong Kong Island. "[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? Igor Bogdanoff's family decided not to disclose the cause of his death (Image: Getty) Igor Yourievitch Bogdanoff and Grichka Yourievitch Bogdanoff who since the 1970s, the twin brothers have presented numerous issues in science . . They were both (could still be, I dunno) TV presenters and producers, and scientific essayists. "[4] String theorist Aaron Bergman riposted in a review of Not Even Wrong that Woit's conclusion, is undermined by a number of important elisions in the telling of the story, the most important of which is that the writings of the Bogdanovs, to the extent that one can make sense of them, have almost nothing to do with string theory. The Bogdanoff brothers published a number of works in science fiction, philosophy and popular science. The whole matter of respective accusations of plagiarism went on, but was eventually stopped short by . Since then several steps have been taken to further improve the peer review process in order to improve the quality assessment on articles submitted to the journal and reduce the likelihood that this could happen again. The Bogdanoff family decided against disclosing the cause of Grichka's death, too. The online discussion was quickly followed by media attention. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. ADS. [49] In 2006, Baez wrote on his website that for some time the Bogdanovs and "a large crowd of sock puppets" had been attempting to rewrite the English Wikipedia article on the controversy "to make it less embarrassing to them". He was convicted in March 2012. [2][3] In justifying the conferring of doctoral degrees to the Bogdanovs, Sternheimer told the Times, "These guys worked for 10 years without pay. themselves qualified as "extraterrestrials". Eli Hawkins, acting as a referee on behalf of the Journal of Physics A, suggested rejecting one of the Bogdanovs' papers: "It is difficult to describe what is wrong in Section 4, since almost nothing is right. French TV star, Igor Bogdanoff, has died aged 72 after catching COVID-19 - just six days after his twin brother Grichka passed away from the virus. "[25], After the start of the Usenet discussion, most comments were critical of the Bogdanovs' work. Since then several steps have been taken to further improve the peer review process in order to improve the quality assessment on articles submitted to the journal and reduce the likelihood that this could happen again. [70] The physicist John Baez compared the two events in his October 2002 post to the sci.physics.research newsgroup. [1][2] The brothers each studied applied mathematics in Paris, but then began careers in television, hosting several popular programs on science and science fiction. "[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"). [14][15] They used these methods to defend their work and sometimes to insult their critics, among them the Nobel Prize recipient Georges Charpak. Bogdanoff Twins' before and after surgery pictures look drastically different, the two brothers have changed their faces with plastic surgery and their followers are saying their surgery is a disaster. And then the dinosaurs came, but they got too big and fat, so they all died and they turned into oil. [42] The Bogdanoffs also sued the CNRS for 1.2 million 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. The BBC said the un ", "Les frres Bogdanov, la science et les mdias", "Physics hoaxers discover Quantum Bogosity", "Referee report for "Topological theory of the initial singularity of spacetime", "If not a hoax, it's still an embarrassment", "Referee report for "Topological Origin of Inertia", "Referee report for "The KMS state of spacetime at the Planck scale", "Re: Physics bitten by reverse Alan Sokal hoax? When they were young they were the heart-throbs of France's small screen but after many rounds of plastic surgery and botox, the controversial Bogdanoff twins came to be considered 'freakish' by many. Igor and Grichka Bogdanoff, French twin brothers and TV presenters, are the embodiment of plastic surgeries gone TVwrong. Picture: Valery HACHE / AFP Igor (R) and Grichka Bogdanoff (L) were stars in their native France. THE BOGDANOFF TWINS (DUMP IT) Igor and Grichka Bogdanoff's personalities and appearance have served as source material for all kinds of memes long before they were adopted by the crypto community. Their status as "crypto memes" was covered by several outlets upon their deaths, including CNN, Business Insider, and The Daily Telegraph. Igor and Grichka Bogdanoff were previously the talks of the town due to their post-surgery facial appearance. Damien Calaque of the Louis Pasteur University, Strasbourg, criticized Grichka Bogdanov's unpublished preprint "Construction of cocycle bicrossproducts by twisting". Described in The New York Times as . Igor and Grichka Bogdanoff were identical twin brothers born to Maria "Maya" Dolores Franzyska Kolowrat-Krakowsk (19261982), of Bohemian and Polish descent, and Yuri Mikhalovitch Bogdanoff (19282012),[2] an itinerant Russian farm worker, later a painter. Newman. [36] In September 2006, the case was dismissed after the Bogdanoffs missed court deadlines; they were ordered to pay 2,500 to the magazine's publisher to cover its legal costs. After several rounds of plastic surgery and botox, the brothers ended up with a shocking appearance. He added that the fact some journals and scientific institutions have low or variable standards is "hardly a revelation". 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. Igor and Grichka, 71, look unrecognisable nowadays - compared to when they first found fame on French television back in the 1970s. [9][10] The controversy over the Bogdanovs' work began on October 22, 2002, with an email sent by University of Tours physicist Max Niedermaier to University of Pittsburgh physicist Ezra T. A controversy began on the French Wikipedia when Igor Bogdanov and his supporters began to edit that encyclopedia's article on the brothers, prompting the creation of a new article dedicated to the debate (Polmique autour des travaux des frres Bogdanov"Debate surrounding the work of the Bogdanov brothers"). Alas, I was completely mistaken. Reddit. "[12][13] Baez was comparing the Bogdanovs' publications to the 1996 Sokal affair, in which physicist Alan Sokal successfully submitted an intentionally nonsensical paper to a cultural studies journal in order to criticize that field's lax standards for discussing science. Igor followed him on Monday. [52] He married his second wife, Amlie de Bourbon-Parme, civilly in Paris on 1 October 2009 and religiously in Chambord two days later. The Bogdanovs have claimed that the "domain name 'th-phys.edu.hk' was owned by Hong Kong University. 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