The Random Universe Public Talk and book signing

Still time to come see me talk about The Random Universe in Oxford tomorrow night, Tuesday, 21 April! Epistemology! Probability! Physics! Cosmic tensions!

Failed sourdough. Icarus-like, it rose too high and fell too fast.

(Tasted ok, but a bit dense.)

Asif Kapadia to direct 70 Up, last chapter of influential ITV documentary series Film-maker says it is ‘incredible honour’ to pick up baton from Michael Apted who died in 2021

There will be a “70 Up”, completing Michael Apted’s magnificent series of 7 Up documentaries! Watch them ASAP, if you haven’t already. (From The Guardian: Asif Kapadia to direct 70 Up, last chapter of influential ITV documentary series)

Great to see it out in the world — enjoy! (And let me know what you think…)

As someone who owes his passion for science, and his career, to early glimpses of the Apollo launches, I hope that Artemis II is just as inspiring today.

Discussing The Random Universe on The Resonance FM Science Show.

Seder plate, of a sort.

We thought we knew the shape of the universe. We were wrong Decades of data have suggested the universe is flat, much like an infinite plane. But a new analysis reveals deep flaws in that simple conclusion

We thought we knew the shape of the universe. We were wrong | Scientific American — the topology of the Universe and our COMPACT collaboration. (The subhead conflates topology and geometry, but the article gets it right.)

UK Cosmology Meeting The next UK Cosmology Meeting will take place at Imperial College London on March 25th 2026. [Registration is closed]. This one-day event aims to bring together the whole cosmology community in the UK to discuss recent trends in theoretical and observational cosmology. We will have several talks by young researchers and PhD students in the field, a plenary talk by Danièle A. Steer (LPENS and Université Paris Cité), and a poster session. Please feel free to email us if you have any questions.

Spending the day at the UK Cosmo meeting here at Imperial College, with excellent talks by young cosmologists from around the country. We’ll also be taking the opportunity to remember the great Tom Kibble, one of the founders of cosmology here at Imperial and throughout the UK (and the world).

Just recorded a segment on probability, randomness, cosmology and The Random Universe for “The Science Show” with Richard Marshall on Resonance FM. It will be broadcast at 3pm on Monday 6 April (and available on MixCloud from then on…).

Yes! Thanks again for an amazing audience!

Most ideas that disagree with the dominant scientific paradigm in any field are certainly wrong — even though the dominant paradigm is probably also wrong.

Water fountain water is the best water.

Man wearing cycling gear in front of a tall building

In honor of the coming vernal equinox, my first cycle ride into work since October.

Thanks to Richard Marshall — and a fantastic audience, especially! — for a great evening of cosmology, cosmological tensions, and beer @pubsci.bsky.social

Off to The Old King’s Head for some cosmology.

Last day of regular teaching for the academic year — two hours of tutorials and the final lecture of my cosmology course (for the aficionados, we will be working toward the processed power spectrum of density perturbations).

Talking about The Random Universe and cosmological controversies at PubSci — Wednesday at the Old King’s Head near Borough Market in London. Come enjoy the beverages of your choice with some cutting edge science! (Latest — sold out! But you can join the waitlist.)

Preparing to go on stage for 12 Last Songs at Battersea Arts Centre.

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Why did I only just learn about Floyd Cramer’s “Last Date”?? (Thanks, of course, to @andrewhickey.500songs.com’s podcast episode on “For What It’s Worth”)

Parliament seems to understand that the processes leading to the proposed cuts to particle physics, astrophysics, and nuclear physics — and the cuts themselves — are unacceptable.

Come see me talk about the Random Universe — PubSci at the Old Kings Head, near London Bridge, next Wednesday, 18 March!

The Random Universe reviewed in Nature:

“The sun and the stars and the edge of the Universe are inaccessible, but no more so than the interior lives of other people,” writes astrophysicist Andrew Jaffe in his intriguing book about epistemology, probability and cosmology.

12 Last Songs | Battersea Arts Centre

Appearance: 12 Last Songs, Saturday, 14 March 2026 at Battersea Arts Centre: A live exhibition and performance “about work and how we spend time. Making a living. Finding your passion. Watching the clock.” It starts at noon with a midwife and ends at midnight with me, an astronomer (me!).

@hossenfelder.bsky.social Hey, Sabine, I've just written *The Random Universe* for Yale UP and I'd love to send a copy. If so, what's the best way to get it to you? andrewjaffe.net/the-random-u...

@lawgunsmoney.bsky.social Hey, LGM, I'm a big, if silent, fan of LGM, and I've just written *The Random Universe* for Yale UP. It's a bit off topic, but I'd love to send a copy if any of the LGM writers are interested. If so, what's the best way to get it to you? andrewjaffe.net/the-random-u...

Child in pink pyjamas holding a copy of The Random Universe by Andrew H. Jaffe

My kid took The Random Universe into school for International Book Day.

Maybe this Green victory will convince Labour that there is no point in pandering to the pro-Brexit anti-immigration right (who weren’t going to vote for them anyway)?

Prof. Andrew Jaffe of Imperial College on the Random Universe Podcast Episode · Scientific Sense ® · 02/14/2026 · 1h 6m

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