There's no denying that cosmetic procedures can completely transform someone's appearance, and that seems to be the case with the Bogdanoff twins. [71], Igor and Grichka Bogdanov have and had vigorously insisted upon the validity of their work, while in contrast, Sokal was an outsider to the field in which he was publishinga physicist, publishing in a humanities journaland promptly issued a statement himself that his paper was a deliberate hoax. But the most famous paper about the solution of the initial singularity is a bit different; it is more sophisticated. She "chased him away", leading him to be absent from his sons' lives until they were ten years old, and subsequently divorced from Maya. This individual wrote to physicists John Baez, Jacques Distler and Peter Woit; to The New York Times journalist Dennis Overbye; and on numerous physics blogs and forums, signing his name "Professor L. YangTheoretical Physics Laboratory, International Institute of Mathematical PhysicsHKU/Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong." However, Baez pointed out, this statement does not in fact concern the Big Bang, and is entirely equivalent to the following: No matter which way a pendulum swings, there is some point on the plane in which it swings. [15], In 2002, the Bogdanoffs launched a new weekly television show, Rayons X (X Rays), on the French public channel France 2. 1 year ago. In Calaque's estimation, the results presented in the preprint did not have sufficient novelty and interest to merit an independent journal article, and moreover the principal theorem was, in its current formulation, false: Grichka Bogdanov's construction yields a bialgebra which is not necessarily a Hopf algebra,[31] the latter being a type of mathematical object which must satisfy additional conditions. it does not surprise me much that Roman Jackiw said that the paper satisfied everything he expects from an acceptable paperthe knowledge of the jargon and some degree of original ideas. Igor followed him on Monday. Other than a statement by Dr. Stanislaus Dumin (included in a message posted by the twins on 7 January 2005 to the alt.talk.royalty Usenet newsgroup), there isn't much evidence to support this claim. The Register reported on the dispute on 1 November 2002,[23] and stories in The Chronicle of Higher Education,[12] Nature,[20] The New York Times,[11] and other publications appeared soon after. As per the French newspaper Le Monde, Grichka died in Paris from COVID . 12729. Les frres Bogdanoff ont quatre frres et surs plus jeunes: Franois, Laurence, Graldine et Vronique. "[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"). One of the referees' reports stated that the article was "Sound, original, and of interest. Igor died Monday and Grichka on December 28. The magazine was eventually ordered to pay 64,000 in damages, much less than the 800,000 each which the Bogdanoffs had originally demanded. Frank Wilczek, who edited Annals of Physics (and who would later share the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics), told the press that the scandal motivated him to correct the journal's slipping standards, partly by assigning more reviewing duties to the editorial board.[3]. Rather than suing Riazuelo for defamation, Bogdanov filed a criminal complaint of copyright (droit d'auteur) violation against him in May 2011. Presenter Grichka Bogdanoff has died at the age of 72. In a statement released by his agent, the family . In 1999, Grichka Bogdanoff earned a mathematics Ph.D. from the University of Burgundy (Dijon). The Bogdanovs quickly became a popular discussion topic, with most respondents agreeing that the papers were flawed. The Bogdanovs' background in entertainment lent some plausibility to the idea that they were attempting a deliberate hoax, but Igor Bogdanov quickly denied the accusation. Regarding the Bogdanov publications, physicist Steve Carlip remarked: Referees are volunteers, who as a whole put in a great deal of work for no credit, no money, and little or no recognition, for the good of the community. In contrast, Ignatios Antoniadis[de; fr] (of the cole Polytechnique), who approved Grichka Bogdanov's thesis, later reversed his judgment of it. Igor and Grichka Yourievitch Bogdanoff are French twin brothers who are TV presenters, producers, and scientific essayists. [14][26] However, Igor Bogdanov has maintained that Professor Yang is a real mathematical physicist with expertise in KMS theory, a friend of his, and that he was posting anonymously from Igor's apartment. [45], Additionally, in the same addendum, a critical analysis of their work made by Urs Schreiber, and affirmed by the Bogdanovs as "very accurate", was included with the exception of the concluding remark "Just to make sure: I do not think that any of the above is valid reasoning", thus inverting the meaning from criticism into ostensible support. [27], The statement was quoted in The New York Times,[11] The Chronicle of Higher Education,[12] and Nature. Twins meet after a 39-year separation. see the stunning before and after photos here! Igor and Grichka Bogdanoff, French twin brothers and TV presenters, are the embodiment of plastic surgeries gone TVwrong. Picture: Tony Barson/FilmMagic . [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. [] Rarement aura-t-on vu un travail creux habill avec une telle sophistication" ("These theses have no scientific value. A fine of 2,000 euros the court imposed was suspended, and only one euro of damages was awarded. Overbye wrote that Jackiw was intrigued by the thesis, although it contained many points he did not understand. The paper was discussed extensively at the annual Editorial Board meeting and there was general agreement that it should not have been published. [15], The twins became popular Internet memes, especially among enthusiasts of cryptocurrency, jokingly depicting the Bogdanoffs as "all-powerful market makers". In conclusion, I would not recommend that this paper be published in this, or any, journal. "[4]) Schreiber identified five central ideas in the Bogdanovs' work"'result' A" through "'result' E"which are expressed in the jargon of statistical mechanics, topological field theory and cosmology. [19], The story spread in public media, prompting Niedermaier to offer an apology to the Bogdanoffs, admitting that he had not read the papers himself. The television presenter passed away just days after his identical twin, Grichka. Picture: Valery HACHE / AFP Igor (R) and Grichka Bogdanoff (L) were stars in their native France. Igor was born 40 minutes before Grichka. Igor and Grichka gained popularity as television presenters, producers and . [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". Yet this rephrasing is itself equivalent to the statement, If this was the essence of the statement, Baez noted, it cannot be very useful in "explaining the origin of inertia".[27]. promo. 126.89K. [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. Alas, it suffers from the usual journalistic conceit that a proper newspaper article must cover a "controversy". The death of Igor Bogdanoff, 72, was confirmed on Monday evening by his lawyer Edouard de Lamaze, as . [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". Well, let's see. (January 1987) based on the transcript of an interview of Carl Sagan by the twins. (According to George Johnson, the Foucault pendulum is "an icon of French science that would belong in any good Gallic spoof. There is, after all, a long-standing meme that the twins are able to control the market. According to a popular crypto meme, the Bogdanoff brothers were capable of changing markets with a single phone call. Then they got addicted to plastic surgery. "[25], After the start of the Usenet discussion, most comments were critical of the Bogdanovs' work. It showed some originality and some familiarity with the jargon. The TV personality's death came just six days after that of his identical twin brother Grichka, who died on 28 December. That's all I ask.[2]. One of the scientists who approved Igor Bogdanov's thesis, Roman Jackiw of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, spoke to The New York Times reporter Dennis Overbye. 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. [12], In December 2004, the Bogdanovs sued Ciel et Espace for defamation over the publication of a critical article entitled "The Mystification of the Bogdanovs". 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]. 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. But if one accepts that the papers about these difficult questions don't have to be just a well-defined science but maybe also a bit of inspiring art, the brothers have done a pretty good job, I think. Grichka and Igor Bogdanoff, who were known as the Bogdanoff twins, have passed away at the age of 72. One of the scientists who approved Igor Bogdanoff's thesis, Roman Jackiw of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, spoke to The New York Times reporter Dennis Overbye. In 2002, after publishing the requisite articles, Igor was given a PhD in theoretical physics from the University of Burgundy. During the twins' early days, their mother allegedly translates for German forces occupying the region. Scientists accused the pair of publishing misleading papers that outlined a theory of what happened before and after the Big Bang, among other things. Twin brothers who were once boyishly handsome TV stars in France have undergone so much plastic surgery that they're nearly unrecognizable. Igor was born 40 minutes before Grichka. "[12][22] Baez was comparing the Bogdanoffs' 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. He posted an unpublished version of Grichka Bogdanoff's Ph.D. thesis on his personal website, along with his critical analysis. Eventually, the controversy attracted mainstream media attention, opening new avenues for physicists' comments to be disseminated. Majid said that the French version of his report on Grichka's thesis was "an unauthorized translation partially invented by the Bogdanovs." Twin French TV stars die after contracting COVID-19 00:30 Paris Controversial French TV stars and famous twins Igor and Grichka Bogdanoff were inseparable in life, and in death. However, after the publication of the article and the publicity surrounding the controversy, mathematician Greg Kuperberg posted to Usenet a statement written by the journal's senior publisher, Andrew Wray, and its co-editor, Hermann Nicolai. Eli Hawkins, acting as a referee on behalf of the Journal of Physics A, suggested rejecting one of the Bogdanoffs' papers: "It would take up too much space to enumerate all the mistakes: indeed it is difficult to say where one error ends and the next begins. [20] Moreover, Die Zeit quoted Nicolai as saying that had the paper reached his desk, he would have immediately rejected it. [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. And then the dinosaurs came, but they got too big and fat, so they all died and they turned into oil. But before his tragic death, . Both brothers were admitted to the hospital on the same day last month after having previously refused to get the COVID-19 vaccine, claiming that their exceptionally . Majid said that his original report described a "very weak" student who nevertheless demonstrated "an impressive amount of determination to obtain a doctorate. [15], In October 2004, a journalist from Ciel et Espace interviewed Shahn Majid of Queen Mary, University of London about his report on Grichka Bogdanov's thesis. Elsewhere, an added word demonstrated, according to Majid, that "Bogdanov does not understand his own draft results." [11] Niedermaier suggested that the Bogdanovs' PhD 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 controversy began in 2002, with an allegation that the twins, popular celebrities in France for hosting science-themed TV shows, had obtained PhDs with nonsensical 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. Posted in . [49] According to former education minister Luc Ferry, a friend of the brothers, they had both received botox injections for cosmetic treatment. The dispute then spread to the English Wikipedia. Controversial French twins and TV stars, Igor and Grichka Bogdanoff, have passed away days apart from each other at the age of 72 from complications from COVID-19. [3] In 1993, the brothers began work toward doctorates, first working under the mathematical physicist Mosh Flato[fr] of the University of Burgundy. French news outlets have reported that Grichka, who was best known for his work alongside twin brother Igor . That's what happened to the Bogdanoff twins. The report stated that "the viewpoint presented in this paper can be interesting as a possible approach of the Planck scale physics." [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. Identical twins Igor Bogdanoff and Grichka Bogdanoff at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival are now aged 71. According to . Similarly, Richard Monastersky, writing in The Chronicle of Higher Education, observed, "There is one wayfor physicists to measure the importance of the Bogdanovs' work. Igor and Grichka Bogdanoff were French celebrities best known for producing the science fiction television series Temps X and their involvement in a theoretical physics dispute known as the Bogdanoff affair. [2][10], The Bogdanov brothers themselves participated in the online discussions, sometimes using pseudonyms or represented by friends acting as proxies. Antoniadis told Le Monde: I had given a favorable opinion for Grichka's defense, based on a rapid and indulgent reading of the thesis text. [44][46], At the beginning of 2004, Igor Bogdanov began to post on French Usenet physics groups and Internet forums, continuing the pattern of behavior seen on sci.physics.research. [14] Using an e-mail address at the domain th-phys.edu.hk, an individual publishing under this name wrote to a number of individuals and on the Internet to defend the Bogdanov papers. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. C.A. After a legal battle in France, during which a judge initially ruled in Thuan's favour, Thuan and the Bogdanovs settled out of court, and the Bogdanovs later denied all wrongdoing. "[44] Later, Majid claimed in a Usenet post that, in an addendum to Avant Le Big Bang, Grichka intentionally misquoted Majid's opinion on the way this interview had been transcribed. "Nobody seems to be fooled", he added. Schreiber concluded, Just to make sure: I do not think that any of the above is valid reasoning. [8][9], Besides French, they spoke German, Russian, and English. [11], In 2001 and 2002, the brothers published five papers (including "Topological field theory of the initial singularity of spacetime") in peer-reviewed physics journals. [74] The observation was later confirmed by studies showing that high-prestige journals struggle to reach average reliability. Le Monde quoted Alain Connes, recipient of the 1982 Fields Medal, as saying, "I didn't need long to convince myself that they're talking about things that they haven't mastered. (in German); Aprs consultation de tous les nobiliaires faisant autorit, aucun ne mentionne une quelconque famille de prince Bogdanoff: Patrick de Gmeline. Igor and Grichka Bogdanoff were previously the talks of the town due to their post-surgery facial appearance. The BBC said the un In one sentence, the English word "interesting" was translated as the French "important". Guillaumin noted that "the twins totally deny this sad odyssey. [3][8] Around the same time, Igor Bogdanov failed the defense of his thesis. If researchers find merit in the twins' ideas, those thoughts will echo in the references of scientific papers for years to come. 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. Humans who deeply . The brothers became a running gag in crypto following a series of parody videos in 2018 by the YouTube channel Bizonacci, which portrayed the Bogdanoffs as omnipotent market actors who conspire against an average crypto trader. The statement read, in part, Regrettably, despite the best efforts, the refereeing process cannot be 100% effective. Both the book and the Bogdanovs' television shows have been criticized for elementary scientific and mathematical inaccuracies. Some corrections were requested. ", "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? [3], Although the Bogdanoff twins claimed to be descended paternally from a noble Muslim Tatar family traceable to the beginning of the 17th century (originally from Penza, one of whose mirzas converted to Orthodox Christianity, and was rewarded with the title of prince by a decree from Tsar Feodor III; the mirza did not exercise this right, and the title of "Prince Bogdanoff" was lost by the end of the 19th century),[5][6][citation needed] there is scant evidence for that. (And be sure that Jackiw, Kounnas, and Majid were not the only ones with this kind of a conclusion. 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