Stories by James Owen Weatherall

James Owen Weatherall is a professor of logic and philosophy of science at the University of California, Irvine. He is co-author of The Misinformation Age: How False Beliefs Spread (Yale University Press, 2019). Both are members of the Institute for Mathematical Behavioral Sciences Credit: Nick Higgins

Behavior

How Misinformation Spreads—and Why We Trust It

The most effective misinformation starts with seeds of truth

November 24, 2020 — Cailin O'Connor and James Owen Weatherall

Space & Physics

Garrett Lisi Explains His Grand Unified Theory

Deep down, the particles and forces of the universe are a manifestation of exquisite geometry

October 15, 2014 — A. Garrett Lisi and James Owen Weatherall

The Sciences

A Geometric Theory of Everything

Deep down, the particles and forces of the universe are a manifestation of exquisite geometry

November 29, 2010 — A. Garrett Lisi and James Owen Weatherall