Their book "Before the Big Bang" (2004), which encapsulated their research for a general audience, was a swift seller . Both the book and the Bogdanovs' television shows have been criticized for elementary scientific and mathematical inaccuracies. [64][55], During the heyday of this affair, some media coverage cast a negative light on theoretical physics, stating or at least strongly implying that it has become impossible to distinguish a valid paper from a hoax. She "chased him away", leading him to be absent from his sons' lives until they were ten years old, and subsequently divorced from Maya. 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. He added that the fact some journals and scientific institutions have low or variable standards is "hardly a revelation". Urs Schreiber, then a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Hamburg, noted that the mention of the Foucault pendulum was at odds with the papers' general tone, since they generally relied upon more "modern terminology". Flato died in 1998, and his colleague Daniel Sternheimer (of CNRS) took over the job of supervising the Bogdanovs. "[11] Woit later devoted a chapter of his book Not Even Wrong (2006) to the Bogdanov affair.[26]. [26] On the other hand, George Johnson's report in The New York Times concludes that physicists have generally decided the papers are "probably just the result of fuzzy thinking, bad writing and journal referees more comfortable with correcting typos than challenging thoughts. 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. [53], The verdict outraged many scientists, who felt that the police and courts should have no say in a discussion of the scientific merits of a piece of work. "[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". Eli Hawkins, acting as a referee on behalf of the Journal of Physics A, suggested rejecting one of the Bogdanovs' papers: "It is difficult to describe what is wrong in Section 4, since almost nothing is right. I first learned of the relevant papers in a posting on the internet by Dr. John Baez. Dictionnaire de la noblesse russe. [34], Motl's measured support for "Topological field theory of the initial singularity of spacetime", however, stands in stark contrast to Robert Oeckl's official MathSciNet review, which states that the paper is "rife with nonsensical or meaningless statements and suffers from a serious lack of coherence," follows up with several examples to illustrate his point, and concludes that the paper "falls short of scientific standards and appears to have no meaningful content. 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. Un recueillement en sa mmoire aura lieu le mercredi 8 aot, 11 heures, au cimetire de Saint-Lary. 05 January 2022. Grichka and Igor Bogdanoff, the eccentric French TV presenter twins, have died of Covid within six days of each other. In 2010, The Sydney Morning Herald described the twins' cheekbones as "so high and bulbous as to appear to threaten their owners' vision", adding that the twins' appearance at the Cannes Film Festival had "caused a stir around the world". [39][57], In 2005, the Bogdanovs became professors at Megatrend University in Belgrade where they were appointed Chairs of Cosmology and said to direct the Megatrend Laboratory of Cosmology. [37], Alain Riazuelo, an astrophysicist at the Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, participated in many of the online discussions of the Bogdanoffs' work. "[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. In 1999, Grichka Bogdanoff earned a mathematics Ph.D. from the University of Burgundy (Dijon). 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. The paper was discussed extensively at the annual Editorial Board meeting and there was general agreement that it should not have been published. The Bogdanovs have claimed that the "domain name 'th-phys.edu.hk' was owned by Hong Kong University. Presenter Grichka Bogdanoff has died at the age of 72. There is, after all, a long-standing meme that the twins are able to control the market. Their mother Maya Kolowrat Bogdanoff was a result of an affair between Austrian grandmother Bertha Kolowrat-Krakowsk and African American Tenor Roland Hayes in 1925. Igor was born 40 minutes before Grichka. 10 hours agoFrench celebrity twins Igor and Grichka Bogdanoff have died within six days of each other after contracting COVID-19. [15], In October 2002, the Bogdanovs released an email containing apparently supportive statements by Laurent Freidel, then a visiting professor at the Perimeter Institute. Since 1991, they signed their books as "Bogdanov", preferring "v" to "ff". And Prince Charles started wearing all of Lady Di's clothes. [56] They were 72 and both were unvaccinated. "What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander", he said. FRENCH star Grichka Bogdanoff, 72, sadly passed away on Tuesday after a battle with Covid-19. Grichka, the younger twin, died in the intensive care unit on Dec. 28. [70] The physicist John Baez compared the two events in his October 2002 post to the sci.physics.research newsgroup. [11] Both brothers received the lowest passing grade of "honorable". Much mystery surrounds the biography of the twins, who have encountered numerous legal problems. [3] Soon after, Freidel denied writing any such remarks, telling the press that he had forwarded a message containing that text to a friend. [] Rarement aura-t-on vu un travail creux habill avec une telle sophistication" ("These theses have no scientific value. 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. 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]. [47], The Bogdanoff twins, who denied having undergone plastic surgery,[48] became known for their prominent cheekbones and chins. Twin brothers Igor and Grichka Bogdanoff now look more like one of the alien life forms they used to report on in their science fiction series. Igor died Monday and Grichka on December 28. Igor, 72, has died in hospital reportedly from Covid jus [29] Baez and Russell Blackadar attempted to determine the meaning of the "plane of oscillation" statement; after the Bogdanovs issued some elaborations, Baez concluded that it was a complicated way of rephrasing the following: Since the big bang happened everywhere, no matter which way a pendulum swings, the plane in which it swings can be said to "intersect the big bang". This has been the basis of concerns raised about the efficacy of the peer-review system that the scientific community and academia use to determine the merit of submitted manuscripts for publication; one concern is that over-worked and unpaid referees may not be able to thoroughly judge the value of a paper in the little time they can afford to spend on it. Worried by what he considered a "more-or-less explicit rejection of the rationalist tradition of the Enlightenment", Sokal decided to perform an experiment which he later cheerfully admitted was both unorthodox and uncontrolled, provoking a maelstrom of reactions which, to his surprise, received coverage in Le Monde and even the front page of The New York Times. Igor and Grichka Bogdanoff were identical twin brothers born to Maria "Maya" Dolores Franzyska Kolowrat-Krakowsk (1926-1982), of Bohemian and Polish descent, and Yuri Mikhalovitch Bogdanoff (1928-2012), [2] an itinerant Russian farm worker, later a painter. The statement read, in part, Regrettably, despite the best efforts, the refereeing process cannot be 100% effective. ), officially written in English by Lubo Motl and translated into French. The Bogdanoff conspiracy. After several rounds of plastic surgery and botox, the brothers ended up with a shocking appearance. [11] In contrast, Ignatios Antoniadis (of the cole Polytechnique), who approved Grichka Bogdanoff's thesis, later reversed his judgment of it. [44], In 2004, the Bogdanovs published a commercially successful popular science book, Avant Le Big Bang (Before the Big Bang), based on a simplified version of their theses, where they also presented their point of view about the affair. Though the family of her mother shuns her after engaging in an affair with an African-American musician. Their status as "crypto memes" was covered by several outlets upon their deaths, including CNN, Business Insider, and The Daily Telegraph. The twins, now aged in their 60s, were best known in the late 1970s as the classically handsome hosts of French science-fiction series Temps X ( Time X ). It showed some originality and some familiarity with the jargon. Jackiw defended the thesis. "[3] As of October2018[update], the Bogdanovs' most recent paper was "Thermal Equilibrium and KMS Condition at the Planck Scale", which was submitted to the Chinese Annals of Mathematics in 2001 and appeared in 2003. [12] Soon after, Freidel denied writing any such remarks, telling the press that he had forwarded a message containing that text to a friend.[12]. Two unvaccinated French TV star twin brothers, who made their name on a science programme in the 1980s before becoming famous for their cosmetic surgery, have died within a week of each other from Covid-19, friends and family confirmed. Sometimes two referees make mistakes at the same time. 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. He came to trial and was convicted in March 2012. Identical twins Igor Bogdanoff and Grichka Bogdanoff at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival are now aged 71. ADS. Igor and Grichka Bogdanoff have seen a dramatic alteration post-surgery. Majid also described more than ten other modifications of meaning, each one biased towards "surestimation outrancire""outrageous over-estimation". "[12][13] Baez was comparing the Bogdanovs' 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. And I want to know the answers to many questions that are opened in their paper. [8][9], Besides French, they spoke German, Russian, and English. ), Technically, their paper connects too many things. Drs Igor and Grichka Bogdanov, French mathematical physicists and twins, create stir in physics world with novel and highly speculative theory about what happened before Big Bang; scientists . The Bogdanovs quickly became a popular discussion topic, with most respondents agreeing that the papers were flawed. The University of Burgundy awarded Igor Bogdanoff a Ph.D. in theoretical physics in 2002. The police detained and interrogated Riazuelo. [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. [32][33], The CNRS report summarized the Bogdanoffs' theses thus: "Ces thses nont pas de valeur scientifique. (January 1987) based on the transcript of an interview of Carl Sagan by the twins. They died of coronavirus within days of each other in . 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 . "[12] Jacques Distler voiced a similar opinion, proclaiming "The [Bogdanovs'] papers consist of buzzwords from various fields of mathematical physics, string theory and quantum gravity, strung together into syntactically correct, but semantically meaningless prose. 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. 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. . 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. FRENCH star Grichka Bogdanoff, 72, sadly passed away on Tuesday after a battle with Covid-19.But before his tragic death, he and his brother Igor were . see the stunning before and after photos here! [60] This scandal, combined with the presence of the Bogdanovs, contributed to an atmosphere of controversy surrounding Megatrend. Bogdanoff Twins Before and After Surgery - Grichka Bogdanoff Plastic Surgery Update. Grichka Bogdanoff and Igor Bogdanoff (L-R) photographed in Paris, France in November 2019. Participants in the discussions were particularly unconvinced by a statement in the "Topological origin of inertia" paper that "whatever the orientation, the plane of oscillation of Foucault's pendulum is necessarily aligned with the initial singularity marking the origin of physical space." [49] According to former education minister Luc Ferry, a friend of the brothers, they had both received botox injections for cosmetic treatment. "[25], After the start of the Usenet discussion, most comments were critical of the Bogdanovs' work. He continued, "But the increasingly low standard of coherence in the whole field is what allowed them to think they were doing something sensible and to get it published. With revisions I expect the paper to be suitable for publication. [50][51] There was never a substantive ruling on whether the Bogdanovs had been defamed. [36][37][b] The CNRS report summarized the Bogdanovs' theses thusly: "Ces thses nont pas de valeur scientifique. [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. I couldn't believe it. [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". themselves qualified as "extraterrestrials". Igor followed him on Monday. One of the referees' reports stated that the article was "Sound, original, and of interest. 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. Igor and Grichka, 71, look unrecognisable nowadays - compared to when they first found fame on French television back in the 1970s. The first was on December 29 and the second on January 3. . YouTube videos featuring Bogdanoff Bitcoin memes have racked up millions of views. A controversy began on the French Wikipedia when Igor Bogdanov and his supporters began to edit that encyclopedia's article on the brothers, prompting the creation of a new article dedicated to the debate (Polmique autour des travaux des frres Bogdanov"Debate surrounding the work of the Bogdanov brothers"). Scientists accused the pair of publishing misleading papers that outlined a theory of what happened before and after the Big Bang, among other things. [12], Suspicions were consequently raised that Professor L. Yang was actually a pseudonym of the Bogdanovs. [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. 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