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Alan David Sokal (/ ˈsoʊkəl / SOH-kəl; born January 24, 1955) is an American professor of mathematics at University College London and professor emeritus of physics at New York University. He works with statistical mechanics and combinatorics. Sokal is a critic of postmodernism, and caused the Sokal affair in 1996 when his deliberately ...
Statistical mechanics, physical combinatorics and mathematical aspects of condensed matter. View the University College London profile of Alan Sokal. Including their publications, grants and professional activities.
The Sokal affair, additionally known as the Sokal hoax, [1] was a demonstrative scholarly hoax performed by Alan Sokal, a physics professor at New York University and University College London. In 1996, Sokal submitted an article to Social Text, an academic journal of cultural studies.
Articles 1–20. Professor of Physics, New York University; Professor of Mathematics, University College London - Cited by 28,657 - Combinatorics - analysis - statistical mechanics.
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Nov 8, 2023 · View the University College London profile of Alan Sokal. Including their publications, grants and professional activities.
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Jun 3, 2011 · Alan Sokal: Beyond the Hoax: Science, Philosophy and Culture. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2008, paperback 2010, ISBN (paperback): 978-0-19-956183-4, 465 pp, $24.95. To many, although certainly not all, of us working in the history and philosophy of science in the mid-1990s Alan Sokal is a hero. Inspired by the book, Higher Superstition ...
