Talk:Louis Crane

Simplify

Sould someone who knows more about these sujects than I please simplify this page for the average reader? I would go about doing it but would miss some subtle point.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Childoferna (talk • contribs) 10:31, 1 July 2004 (UTC)

Notability

This prof doesn't seem that notable. He's an associate professor at Kansas State University, and according to the publication database Web of Science, he has only 18 publications in a 20yr career. Salsb 01:08, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

Response to Salsb:

Nevertheless, Louis Crane is a notable researcher. Smolin, for one, speaks very highly of him in the book "Three Roads to Quantum Gravity." My understanding is that Crane played an important role at the inception of loop quantum gravity, but eventually his work lead him to different ideas such as the "Barrett-Crane" model. From what I've gathered, the Barrett-Crane model is not really loop quantum gravity, but it is kind of similar. (By the way, I've just noticed that there is actually a Wiki for the Barrett-Crane model here. But I'll admit that I don't understand it!)

---Best wishes. 129.130.106.1 21:21, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

Caveat about Response to Salsb:

WHOIS reveals that IP to be from Kansas State, i.e., the university of the "notable researcher" the article is about.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.129.67.73 (talk) 00:48, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

It was I who made that response long ago. Now I notice that it seems to have aroused suspicion! Sorry! My IP address is indeed from Kansas State University because I'm a graduate student here. I signed with my IP address because I didn't have an account on Wikipedia at the time. Dasmobius 05:45, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

I would like to add the following: If you are worried that he doesn't have a lot of publications, try searching "Louis Crane" in Google scholar. You will get a *lot* of results that way. Also, look at how many citations his top papers have recieved. Even though the citation records are incomplete, and we "aren't supposed to use them for evaluation purposes" he has some pretty impressive numbers. Of course, unless you are active in the field it is difficult to truely appreciate his influence. Dasmobius 06:36, 4 July 2007 (UTC)