), Technically, their paper connects too many things. That's what happened to the Bogdanoff twins. With revisions I expect the paper to be suitable for publication. French TV star Igor Bogdanoff has died at the age of 72. 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. [46] This scandal, combined with the presence of the Bogdanoffs, contributed to an atmosphere of controversy surrounding Megatrend. [51], Alain Riazuelo, an astrophysicist at the Institut d'astrophysique de Paris, participated in many of the online discussions of the Bogdanovs' work. 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. [15], The twins became popular Internet memes, especially among enthusiasts of cryptocurrency, jokingly depicting the Bogdanoffs as "all-powerful market makers". 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. Grichka Bogdanoff and Igor Bogdanoff (L-R) photographed in Paris, France in November 2019. [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. [34][35], On December 30, 2004, the Bogdanoffs sued Ciel et Espace for defamation over the publication of a critical article titled "The Mystification of the Bogdanoffs". French TV star Igor Bogdanoff has died of Covid-19, six days after his twin brother Grichka died due to . The two have been involved in a number of controversies, most notably the Bogdanov affair, however, their personalities, family origins, and physical appearances are often more than enough fodder for Internet forums.. 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). [50][51] There was never a substantive ruling on whether the Bogdanovs had been defamed. Identical twins Igor Bogdanoff and Grichka Bogdanoff at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival are now aged 71. 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. [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. He posted an unpublished version of Grichka Bogdanoff's Ph.D. thesis on his personal website, along with his critical analysis. 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. Jacques Distler argued that the tone of the media coverage had more to do with journalistic practices than with physics. THE Bogdanoff twins were known for their extreme cosmetic enhancements - but there was more to their lives than plastic surgery. "[26], Not all review evaluations were positive. One of the referees' reports stated that the article was "Sound, original, and of interest. [13] Sociologist of science Harry Collins noted that all of the early reports of the incident made reference to the Sokal affair, and he speculated that without Sokal's precedent bringing the idea of hoax publications to mind, the Bogdanov papers would have sunk into the general obscurity of non-influential scientific writing. (According to George Johnson, the Foucault pendulum is "an icon of French science that would belong in any good Gallic spoof. In conclusion, I would not recommend that this paper be published in this, or any, journal. The online discussion was quickly followed by media attention. [3][8] Around the same time, Igor Bogdanov failed the defense of his thesis. 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]. Prior to the controversy, the reports on the Bogdanov theses and most of the journal referees' reports spoke favorably of their work, describing it as original and containing interesting ideas. The Bogdanoff conspiracy. The first was on December 29 and the second on January 3. . [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. 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". [11] In contrast, Ignatios Antoniadis (of the cole Polytechnique), who approved Grichka Bogdanoff's thesis, later reversed his judgment of it. "[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"). [12] The physicists commenting on Usenet found these claims and subsequent attempts at their explanation peculiar,[12][27][28] since the trajectory of a Foucault penduluma standard museum pieceis accurately predicted by classical mechanics. Pot-Pourri from Igor & Grichka Bogdanov's Before the Big Bang, A small journey in the Bogdanoff universe, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bogdanov_affair&oldid=1123916416, This page was last edited on 26 November 2022, at 11:18. . 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. "[28], Eventually, the controversy attracted mainstream media attention, opening new avenues for physicists' comments to be disseminated. [16], Grichka Bogdanoff received a Ph.D. degree in mathematics from the University of Burgundy (Dijon) in 1999. Schreiber concludes that the fourth "result" (that the spacetime metric "at the initial singularity" must be Riemannian) contradicts the initial assumption of their argument (an FRW cosmology with pseudo-Riemannian metric). [15], In 2002, the Bogdanoffs launched a new weekly television show, Rayons X (X Rays), on the French public channel France 2. There's no denying that cosmetic procedures can completely transform someone's appearance, and that seems to be the case with the Bogdanoff twins. [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. Igor and Grichka Bogdanoff were previously the talks of the town due to their post-surgery facial appearance. Igor Yourivitch Bogdanoff (French pronunciation:[i jui.evit bdanf]; 29 August 1949 3 January 2022) and Grgoire "Grichka" Yourivitch Bogdanoff (French:[ewa ika]; 29 August 1949 28 December 2021) were French twin television presenters,[1] producers, and essayists who, from the 1970s on, presented various subjects in science fiction, popular science, and cosmology. [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". A pair of non-string theorists were able to get nonsensical papers generally not about string theory published in journals not generally used by string theorists. The Bogdanoff Affair John Baez October 22, 2010 . The incident prompted criticism of the Bogdanovs' approach to science popularization, led to a number of lawsuits, and provoked reflection among physicists as to how and why the peer review system can fail. "[24] The New York Times reported that the physicists David Gross, Carlo Rovelli, and Lee Smolin considered the Bogdanoff papers nonsensical. ditions Contrepoint, 1978, Almanach de Gotha 1918, Almanach de Gotha 1940, Almanach de Gotha, 2013. [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. The police detained and interrogated Riazuelo. [3] In 1993, the brothers began work toward doctorates, first working under the mathematical physicist Mosh Flato[fr] of the University of Burgundy. The fifth and last "result", Schreiber notes, is an attempt to resolve this contradiction by "invok[ing] quantum mechanics". [2] This book provoked a dispute of its own when University of Virginia astronomy professor Trinh Xuan Thuan accused the Bogdanovs of plagiarizing his 1988[6] book The Secret Melody: And Man Created the Universe. I first learned of the relevant papers in a posting on the internet by Dr. John Baez. see the stunning before and after photos here! Igor and Grichka Bogdanoff starred in '80s French sci-fi shows. 45. The Bogdanoffs quickly became a popular discussion topic, with most respondents agreeing that the papers were flawed. "[40] This was not confirmed officially by HKU and no Prof. Yang existed on the roster of the HKU physics department; nor did the university have an "International Institute of Mathematical Physics". Much mystery surrounds the biography of the twins, who have encountered numerous legal problems. [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. The Bogdanovs themselves described Schreiber's summary as "very accurate"; for more on this point, see below. The Bogdanovs quickly became a popular discussion topic, with most respondents agreeing that the papers were flawed. Comment. That's all I ask.[2]. French news outlets have reported that Grichka, who was best known for his work alongside twin brother Igor . He was convicted in March 2012. In one sentence, the English word "interesting" was translated as the French "important". The hard part is identifying the quantum system to which the condition should be applied, which is not done in this paper. 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. While the Bogdanov brothers continued to defend the legitimacy of their work, the debate over whether it represented a contribution to physics spread from Usenet to many other internet forums, eventually receiving coverage in the mainstream media. The Bogdanoff Twins commonly appeared as part of crypto memes dating back several years, making them familiar faces with the community. "[7] Journalist and documentary filmmaker Maud Guillaumin, author of Le mystre Bogdanoff (L'Archipel, 2019), comprehensively examined the twins' account, noting it to comprise "approximations and historical inaccuracies"; she found that Yuri Bogdanoff had gone to Spain as a young man, and, unable to return to the USSR as he would have been considered a spy and imprisoned, went to France and began "a life of wandering from farm to Pyrenean farm" before, in 1948 aged 21, arriving at the castle of his future mother-in-law, "renowned in the Gers for employing Slavs". [a] Moreover, Die Zeit quoted Nicolai as saying that had the paper reached his desk, he would have immediately rejected it. In August 2004, they presented a 90-minute special cosmology program in which they introduced their theory among other cosmological scenarios. Their names are Igor and Grichka Bogdanov, and they're from France. Damien Calaque of the Louis Pasteur University, Strasbourg, criticized Grichka Bogdanov's unpublished preprint "Construction of cocycle bicrossproducts by twisting". [60] This scandal, combined with the presence of the Bogdanovs, contributed to an atmosphere of controversy surrounding Megatrend. After several rounds of plastic surgery and botox, the brothers ended up with a shocking appearance. 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. [2] He originally applied for a degree in physics, but was instead given one in mathematics, and was first required to significantly rewrite his thesis, de-emphasizing the physics content. Yesterday it was reported that Igor Bogdanoff, one half of the popular crypto meme duo, has passed away only days after his twin brother, Grichka. But before his tragic death, . "The Bogdanoffs' work is significantly more incoherent than just about anything else being published", wrote Peter Woit. Starke Verlag, 2011, pp. "Colloredo-Mannsfeld". The paper was discussed extensively at the annual Editorial Board meeting and there was general agreement that it should not have been published. Critics cite examples from Avant Le Big Bang including a statement that the "golden number" (phi) is transcendental, an assumption that the limit of a decreasing sequence is always zero, and that the expansion of the Universe implies that the planets of the Solar System have grown farther apart. In addition, the paper claimed, the Foucault pendulum experiment "cannot be explained satisfactorily in either classical or relativistic mechanics". The much-anticipated New York Times article on the Bogdanov scandal has appeared. [44][45] Mia Jovanovi, the rector and owner of Megatrend University, wrote a preface for the Serbian edition of Avant le Big Bang. I'm a little surprised that anyone is surprised at this. Bogdanov subsequently described this version as "dating from 1991 and too unfinished to be made public". Igor was the first born and his brother Grichka was born 40 minutes later. "What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander", he said. 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. "[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. 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. The Register reported on the dispute on November 1, 2002,[17] and stories in The Chronicle of Higher Education,[3] Nature,[11] The New York Times, and other publications appeared soon after. Rumors spread on Usenet newsgroups that their work was a deliberate hoax intended to target weaknesses in the peer review system that physics journals use to select papers for publication. Then they got addicted to plastic surgery. [52] But in passing judgement the court stated that the scientist had "lacked prudence", given "the fame of the plaintiff". [59] Jovanovi later became embroiled in controversy and resigned his post when it was revealed that he had not obtained a PhD at the London School of Economics as he had claimed. [70] The physicist John Baez compared the two events in his October 2002 post to the sci.physics.research newsgroup. There is, after all, a long-standing meme that the twins are able to control the market. The country's most famous twins, Grichka and Igor Bogdanoff, 72, have died of coronavirus five days apart at the Georges Pompidou hospital in Paris. [8][18] These news stories included commentary by physicists. Igor and Grichka Bogdanoff are fraternal twin brothers born to Yuri Mikhalovitch Osten-Sacken-Bogdanoff (1928-2012), a Russian painter of Tatar origin and descent from a line of Prince Bogdanoff, and to Maria Maya Dolores Franzyska Kolowrat-Krakowsk (1926-1982). 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. The scientific language was just an appearance behind which hid incompetence and ignorance of even basic physics.[8]. "[14], Others compared the quality of the Bogdanov papers with that seen over a wider arena. Majid said that his original report described a "very weak" student who nevertheless demonstrated "an impressive amount of determination to obtain a doctorate. The twins came from European nobility - but their relatives had their fair share of scandal. "[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? 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. 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 online discussion was quickly followed by media attention. Filed to: Scary. (The Bogdanov Equation: The Secret of the Origin of the Universe? He added that the fact some journals and scientific institutions have low or variable standards is "hardly a revelation". A fine of 2,000 the court imposed was suspended, and only 1.00 of damages was awarded,[38] but in passing judgement the court stated that the scientist had "lacked prudence", given "the fame of the plaintiff". The weekly was eventually ordered to pay 64,000 euros in damages, a quantity less than the Bogdanovs had originally demanded (in excess of 800,000 euros each). Though the family of her mother shuns her after engaging in an affair with an African-American musician. [15], In October 2002, the Bogdanovs released an email containing apparently supportive statements by Laurent Freidel, then a visiting professor at the Perimeter Institute. French TV star Igor Bogdanoff has passed away aged 72 after catching Covid, reports say. Bertha Kolowrat-Krakowsk belonged to the noble Kolowrat family of Bohemia and was married to Count Hieronymus Colloredo-Mannsfeld (18701942), a member of the Austrian princely house of Colloredo-Mannsfeld. Igor died Monday and Grichka on December 28. The Bogdanoff Brothers. [52] He married his second wife, Amlie de Bourbon-Parme, civilly in Paris on 1 October 2009 and religiously in Chambord two days later. I gor and Grichka Bogdanoff, the most eccentric twins made famous on French television, died six days apart of Covid, two years into the coronavirus pandemic.Grichka died first, on 28 December . Thuan suggests that the plagiarism suit pressed the brothers to obtain doctorates as fast as possible, since (according to Thuan) the back cover of the book claimed that the Bogdanovs held doctorates when they did not. 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. [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. The Bogdanoffs' background in entertainment lent some plausibility to the idea that they were attempting a deliberate hoax, but Igor Bogdanoff quickly denied the accusation. Surely you've seen bad papers published in good journals before this! [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. Overbye's article in The New York Times voiced this opinion,[2] for example, as did Declan Butler's piece in Nature. [37], Alain Riazuelo, an astrophysicist at the Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, participated in many of the online discussions of the Bogdanoffs' work. There is no logic or cohesion in what they write. Grichka died on 28 December,[55] and Igor died six days later, on 3 January 2022. 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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. Les frres Bogdanoff ont quatre frres et surs plus jeunes: Franois, Laurence, Graldine et Vronique. Scientists accused the pair of publishing misleading papers that outlined a theory of what happened before and after the Big Bang, among other things. This is surely an indictment of something, but its relevance to string theory is marginal at best.[65]. "[12] 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. Grichka and Igor Bogdanoff became France's most famous twins, hosting a TV science and science-fiction show in the 1980s on a spaceship set. When your name is used without your consent, it's a violation. The Bogdanovs explained that these claims would only be clear in the context of topological field theory. Artiste-peintre, il s'tait tabli Saint-Lary avec son pouse Maya, avant la naissance de leurs premiers enfants, Igor et Grichka. 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. [40], In 2014, the Bogdanoffs sued the weekly magazine Marianne for defamation, on account of reporting the magazine had published in 2010[41] which had brought the CNRS report to light. Having found a copy of one of the relevant papers available online, I posted that "the referee clearly didn't even glance at it." ; French Physicists' Cosmic Theory Creates a Big Bang of Its Own", "The Emperor's New Science: French TV Stars Rock the World of Theoretical Physics", "Ideas & Trends: In Theory, It's True (Or Not)", "La rputation scientifique conteste des frres Bogdanov", "INSPIRE-HEP citation information for Bogdanov papers", "Theses spark twin dilemma for physicists", "Physics bitten by reverse Alan Sokal hoax? [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. (in German); Aprs consultation de tous les nobiliaires faisant autorit, aucun ne mentionne une quelconque famille de prince Bogdanoff: Patrick de Gmeline. ADS. [8][9], Besides French, they spoke German, Russian, and English. Adrian Chen. 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