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Send us a textDr. Christopher Stubbs, Ph.D. is the Samuel C. Moncher Professor of Physics and Astronomy, and has recently served as the Dean of Science in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, at Harvard University ( https://astronomy.fas.harvard.edu/people/istopher-stubbs ).Dr. Stubbs is an experimental physicist working at the interface between particle physics, cosmology and gravitation. His interests include experimental tests of the foundations of gravitational physics, searches for dark matter, characterizing the dark energy, and observational cosmology. Dr. Stubbs was a member of one of the two teams that first discovered dark energy by using supernovae to map out the history of cosmic expansion. Dr. Stubbs is currently heavily engaged in the construction of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST), for which he was the inaugural project scientist. He founded the APOLLO collaboration that is using lunar laser ranging and the Earth-Moon-Sun system to probe for novel gravitational effects that may result from physics beyond the standard model.Dr. Stubbs received an International Baccalaureate diploma from the Tehran International School in 1975, a BSc in physics from the University of Virginia in 1981, and a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Washington in 1988.Dr. Stubbs is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, a recipient of the National Academy of Sciences Award for Initiative in Research, the NASA Achievement Medal, and is a co-recipient (with other members of the High-z Supernova Team who discovered the accelerating expansion of the Universe) of the Gruber Foundation Cosmology Prize and the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics. Dr. Stubbs was awarded a McDonnell Centennial Fellowship, and a Packard Fellowship, and currently serves on the advisory panel for the Packard Foundation. He is an Annenberg Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution, in connection with his interest in arms control and technical aspects of international security issues, has served as a member of JASON advisory, a group of elite scientists and engineers who provide technical advice to government agencies on national security issues. He also serves on the technical advisory group for the US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. He recently published a book entitled "Going Big - A Scientist's Guide to Large Projects and Collaborations"  ( https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262547963/going-big/ ) which describes all the crucial skills scientists need to make a professional transition into large projects and collaborations that require governance and project management.#ChristopherStubbs #Physics #Astronomy #Astrophysics #GravitationalPhysics #DarkMatter #DarkEnergy #ObservationalCosmology #DeanOfScience #HarvardUniversity #ParticlePhysics #Cosmology #Gravitation #JasonAdvisory #QuantumComputing #NuclearWeapons #NuclearReactors #DualUse #CitizenScience #HumanGenomeProject  #STEM #Innovation #Science #Technology #Research #ProgressPotentialAndPossibilities #IraPastor #Podcast #Podcaster #Podcasting #ViralPodcastSupport the show

As a listener of TOE you can get a special 20% off discount to The Economist and all it has to offer! Visit https://www.economist.com/toe In today's episode of Theories of Everything, Curt Jaimungal is joined by renowned physicists Peter Woit and Joseph Conlon to delve into the complexities of String Theory. Together, they explore its potential as a unified framework for understanding the fundamental forces of the universe, discussing both its strengths and the criticisms it faces. Peter Woit is a renowned mathematical physicist and outspoken critic of string theory, and Joseph Conlon is a distinguished theoretical physicist and strong proponent of string theory. New Substack! Follow my personal writings and EARLY ACCESS episodes here: https://curtjaimungal.substack.com Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 02:44 Diverging Views on String Theory 06:17 The Standard Model's Shortcomings 10:27 The Axion and Experimental Hope 15:01 Critiques of String Theory 17:25 Evaluating String Theory's Validity 20:44 The Sociological Landscape of Physics 25:20 Holography and Its Implications 29:03 The Complexities of ADS-CFT 32:59 Witten's Influence and Controversies 36:32 The Balance of Arrogance and Humility 40:37 Structural Issues in Theoretical Physics 44:20 The Diminishing Returns of Mathematical Physics 48:55 Young Researchers and Career Concerns 52:42 The Disconnect from Experimental Data 56:24 The Evolution of Theoretical Physics 59:48 Challenges Facing the Field Today 01:02:28 Conclusion and Future Directions 01:35:36 The State of Fundamental Physics 01:47:07 Exploring Time Dimensions 02:04:31 Bridging Theory and Reality 02:16:09 The Politics of Physics 02:19:56 Finding Common Ground Links: •⁠ ⁠Why String Theory? (Joseph's book): https://amzn.to/4gSJr42 •⁠ ⁠Origins: The Cosmos in Verse (Joseph's book): https://amzn.to/3Dz887b •⁠ ⁠Not Even Wrong (Peter's book): https://amzn.to/49T1mFn •⁠ ⁠Quantum Theory (Peter's book): https://amzn.to/408Jp2h •⁠ ⁠Peter Woit's blog: https://www.math.columbia.edu/~woit/wordpress/ •⁠ ⁠Edward Witten's recent paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.15549 •⁠ ⁠Strings Conference (2024): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiSDiHgXimR9pHoFPhCDPfDOhreEg8vSp •⁠ ⁠Istanbul Stringy Meeting (2024): https://istringy.org/ism24/ •⁠ ⁠Physics Today: Edward Witten's 2015 post: https://pubs.aip.org/physicstoday/article/68/11/38/414984/What-every-physicist-should-know-about-string •⁠ ⁠Peter Woit's previous appearance on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTSeqsCgxj8 •⁠ ⁠Moduli Redefinitions and Moduli Stabilisation (Conlon's paper): https://arxiv.org/pdf/1003.0388 •⁠ ⁠Scott Aaronson on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZpGCQoL2Rk •⁠ ⁠Brian Greene on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2EtTE9Czzo •⁠ ⁠TOE's String Theory Iceberg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4PdPnQuwjY&t=1749s TOE'S TOP LINKS: - Enjoy TOE on Spotify! https://tinyurl.com/SpotifyTOE - Become a YouTube Member Here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdWIQh9DGG6uhJk8eyIFl1w/join - Support TOE on Patreon: https://patreon.com/curtjaimungal (early access to ad-free audio episodes!) - Twitter: https://twitter.com/TOEwithCurt - Discord Invite: https://discord.com/invite/kBcnfNVwqs - Subreddit r/TheoriesOfEverything: https://reddit.com/r/theoriesofeverything #science #physics #stringtheory Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Head over to https://www.masterclass.com/theories for the current offer. MasterClass always has great offers during the holidays, sometimes up to as much as 50% off. In today's episode of Theories of Everything, Curt Jaimungal speaks with physicist Sabine Hossenfelder to cover what's truly wrong with fundamental physics. Together, they uncover why long-standing problems linger, why essential data remain elusive, and how systemic pressures are stifling meaningful breakthroughs. Links Mentions: - Existential Physics: A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions: https://amzn.to/3BeOyML - Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray: https://amzn.to/3OL4GbV - Sean Carroll's TOE Episode: https://youtu.be/9AoRxtYZrZo - Peter Woit's TOE 1st Episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9z3JYb_g2Qs - Peter Woit's TOE 2nd Episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTSeqsCgxj8 - Sabine's Crisis in Science Series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KW4yBSV4U38 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMOjD_Lt8qY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQVF0Yu7X24 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBIvSGLkwJY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBT9vFrV6yQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKiBlGDfRU8 Timestamps: 00:00 - Introduction to the Physics Crisis 03:29 - The Role of Experiment in Physics 06:21 - Internal Contradictions in Quantum Gravity 08:21 - Progress in Theoretical Physics 11:01 - Serendipity and Discovery in Research 12:09 - The Role of Funding in Physics 15:33 - Overproduction of Models in Academia 18:16 - Focus on Solving Inconsistencies 19:51 - The Crisis in Science 32:32 - Overhyping Research Possibilities 37:27 - Mistrust in Science and Academia 42:08 - Humor in Science Communication 57:46 - Addressing Problems in Academia 58:56 - The Scientific Underground and Job Market 1:02:29 - Academic Exodus 1:05:42 - Critique and Counterpoints 1:07:28 - The Irony of Theory Development 1:12:46 - The Scientific Underground 1:15:58 - The Crisis of Scientific Progress 1:28:31 - Challenges of Quantum Gravity 1:31:59 - The Special Issues Dilemma 1:46:49 - The Future of Scientific Discovery 1:54:22 - Envisioning a New Scientific Ecosystem 1:57:30 - A Call for Collaboration As a listener of TOE you can get a special 20% off discount to The Economist and all it has to offer! Visit https://www.economist.com/toe New Substack! Follow my personal writings and EARLY ACCESS episodes here: https://curtjaimungal.substack.com TOE'S TOP LINKS: - Enjoy TOE on Spotify! https://tinyurl.com/SpotifyTOE - Become a YouTube Member Here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdWIQh9DGG6uhJk8eyIFl1w/join - Support TOE on Patreon: https://patreon.com/curtjaimungal (early access to ad-free audio episodes!) - Twitter: https://twitter.com/TOEwithCurt - Discord Invite: https://discord.com/invite/kBcnfNVwqs - Subreddit r/TheoriesOfEverything: https://reddit.com/r/theoriesofeverything #science #podcast #physics #theoreticalphysics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sean Carroll is a theoretical physicist and cosmologist specializing in dark energy, general relativity, and quantum mechanics. Sean is a research professor at Caltech and a prolific author known for his books "The Big Picture" and "Something Deeply Hidden," which explore the intersection of science, philosophy, and the mysteries of the universe. YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/9AoRxtYZrZo Become a YouTube Member Here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdWIQh9DGG6uhJk8eyIFl1w/join Patreon: https://patreon.com/curtjaimungal (early access to ad-free audio episodes!) Join TOEmail at https://www.curtjaimungal.org Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 01:23 - Sean's Current Work (Holographic Principle) 07:02 - Duality in De Sitter Spacetime 14:24 - “Let's Talk About Philosophy” 30:36 - The Crisis in Fundamental Physics 45:02 - Pseudoscience / Heterodox Ideas 50:30 - Unconventional Physics Theories 56:02 - Funding Unconventional Theories 01:00:58 - “The Experimenters Are Guided by Theorists” 01:02:45 - Sean's Latest Paper “Beyond Falsifiability” 01:11:17 - Poetic Naturalism 01:13:00 - Morals, Aesthetics, Philosophy 01:16:44 - Boltzman 01:22:25 - The Big Bang 01:24:58 - Holography / Quantum Gravity 01:28:40 - “Publish or Perish!” 01:33:30 - Dark Matter 01:36:05 - Something New to Blow Your Mind 01:39:22 - Loop Quantum Gravity 01:49:56 - Outro / Support TOE Links: •⁠ ⁠Peter Woit Podcast: https://youtu.be/9z3JYb_g2Qs •⁠ ⁠Peter Woit's Book on "Not Even Wrong" (URL missing) •⁠ ⁠Lee Smolin Podcast: https://youtu.be/uOKOodQXjhc •⁠ ⁠Neil Turok Podcast: https://youtu.be/ZUp9x44N3uE •⁠ ⁠Sean Carroll's "Crisis in Physics" Podcast (URL missing) •⁠ ⁠Sean Carroll's Podcast Channel (URL missing) •⁠ ⁠Sean Carroll's Book on "The Big Picture" (URL missing) •⁠ ⁠Julian Barbour Podcast with Michio Kaku (URL missing) •⁠ ⁠String Theory Iceberg Video: https://youtu.be/X4PdPnQuwjY •⁠ ⁠Economist Article on "Universe is Creaking" (URL missing) •⁠ ⁠Article on Quantum Microtubule Phenomenon: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c07936 •⁠ ⁠Sean Carroll's Article: https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/blog/2008/03/06/being-a-heretic-is-hard-work •⁠ ⁠Sean Carroll's Beyond Falsifiability Article: https://arxiv.org/abs/1801.05016 Support TOE: - Patreon: https://patreon.com/curtjaimungal (early access to ad-free audio episodes!) - Crypto: https://tinyurl.com/cryptoTOE - PayPal: https://tinyurl.com/paypalTOE - TOE Merch: https://tinyurl.com/TOEmerch Follow TOE: - NEW Get my 'Top 10 TOEs' PDF + Weekly Personal Updates: https://www.curtjaimungal.org - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theoriesofeverythingpod - TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theoriesofeverything_ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/TOEwithCurt - Discord Invite: https://discord.com/invite/kBcnfNVwqs - iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/better-left-unsaid-with-curt-jaimungal/id1521758802 - Pandora: https://pdora.co/33b9lfP - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4gL14b92xAErofYQA7bU4e - Subreddit r/TheoriesOfEverything: https://reddit.com/r/theoriesofeverything Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdWIQh9DGG6uhJk8eyIFl1w/join #science #physics #sciencepodcast #science Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Jo Dunkley is a Professor of Physics and Astrophysical Sciences at Princeton University and author of the book Our Universe: An Astronomer's Guide. Jo is a cosmologist, and her job is to study the universe. She conducts research to try to approximate how space behaves as a whole. This includes looking into space and taking measurements to determine how the universe began, what it's made of, how it's growing, and what is going to happen to it in the future. Physics and family are two of the major pieces in Jo's life. She loves spending time with her two daughters, while they run, draw, sing, and learn about space. She received her MSci with First Class Honors in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge and her PhD in Astrophysics from the University of Oxford. Afterwards, she conducted postdoctoral research and was subsequently a Visiting Research Fellow at Princeton University. Before joining the faculty at Princeton University, Jo served on the faculty at the University of Oxford. Over the course of her career, Jo has received numerous awards and honors including the Maxwell Medal from the Institute of Physics, the Royal Astronomical Society's Fowler Prize in Astronomy, the Royal Society Rosalind Franklin Award, the Royal Society Wolfson Merit Award, and the Philip Leverhulme Prize from the Leverhulme Trust. She also shared the Gruber Foundation Cosmology Prize, a NASA Group Achievement Award, and most recently the Breakthrough Prize for Fundamental Physics with the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe team. In our interview, Jo speaks about some of her experiences in life and science.

String theory, the current leading candidate for a theory of quantum gravity as well as other particles and forces, doesn't connect directly to the world we see. It's possible that there is a large landscape of possible states of theory, with the hope that one of them represents our universe. The existence of a landscape implies the existence of a corresponding swampland -- universes that are not compatible with string theory. I talk with Cumrun Vafa, a respected physicist and originator of the swampland program, about how we might use constraints on what kinds of physics are compatible with string theory to make predictions about cosmology and other experimental regimes.In the conversation we refer to a famous diagram representing different ten-dimensional string theories, as well as 11-dimensional M-theory, as different limits of an underlying fundamental theory.Support Mindscape on Patreon.Blog post with transcript: https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2024/05/27/277-cumrun-vafa-on-the-universe-according-to-string-theory/Cumrun Vafa received his Ph.D. in physics from Princeton University. He is currently Hollis Professor of Mathematicks and Natural Philosophy, and Chair of the Physics Department, at Harvard University. He has done fundamental work on the dynamics of superstrings, the entropy of black holes, F-theory, and other topics. Among his awards are the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, the Dirac Medal, and the Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences. He is the author of the book Puzzles to Unravel the Universe.Web siteHarvard web pageGoogle Scholar publicationsWikipediaSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Unlike my regular interviews, this podcast is a discussion between myself and my friend Jay Shapiro. Jay grew up as a Zionist and I grew up as an Islamist. We will be discussing October 7th and the aftermath... and you are welcome to join us. Jay Shapiro is a writer and documentary filmmaker with a focus on philosophy and intellectually challenging subjects. He wrote and directed the film adaptation of the collaboration between philosopher Sam Harris and former imprisoned Muslim extremist turned reformer, Maajid Nawaz entitled Islam And The Future of Tolerance. He has also directed successful films which dive into the complexities of International Law as well as inspiring sports documentaries. Recently he wrote and produced a 10 part series for the widely listened to Making Sense Podcast where he compiled a decade of conversations by Sam Harris and his varied guests into audio-documentaries on topics such as Free Will, Violence, Existential Threat, Belief and Unbelief, and more. He is currently producing a 10 part audio-series with the philosopher Annaka Harris on the topic of Consciousness and Fundamental Physics.He writes essays and hosts a podcast entitled Dilemma which explores topics of philosophy and politics and is currently releasing episodes in The Palestine Series which focus on the conflict which has erupted after the October 7th attacks in southern Israel. 

Emeritus Professor of Physics and Fellow of Keble College, University of Oxford, UK  Hon. Sec.  Supporters Of Nuclear Energy (SONE) www.sone.org.uk  "The Flight of a Relativistic Charge in Matter" 2023 Springer; "Nuclear is for Life" 2015;  "Radiation and Reason" 2009; "Fundamental Physics for Probing and Imaging"  2006 OUP. Twitter: https://twitter.com/radiationreason Nuclear energy is abundant and available 24×7 – if society wants it https://sone.org.uk/nuclear-energy-is-abundant-and-available-24x7/ Wade's appearances on Hugo Kruger's podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@hugo_kruger/search?query=wade%20allison Download “Radiation and Reason…”: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/234037551_Radiation_and_Reason_The_Impact_of_Science_on_a_Culture_of_Fear Download “Nuclear is for Life..”: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/285420212_Nuclear_is_for_Life_A_Cultural_Revolution “Radiation and Reason” podcast: https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/radiation-and-reason ========= About Tom Nelson: https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL89cj_OtPeenLkWMmdwcT8Dt0DGMb8RGR Twitter: https://twitter.com/tan123 Substack: https://tomn.substack.com/ About Tom: https://tomn.substack.com/about

Back-to-School and Hands-on with the Physics Tool Kit!Come and learn first-hand with the number one 9/11 physics teacher, Mr. Chandler, in the physics lab class! You will be seated in his class as a student in this easy classroom hour! Each student will earn one honorary high school credit (good for getting you out of one hour of FEMA detention — you'll need all you can get.) Mr. Chandler will teach us all about his 9/11 Tracker Tutorial — with an overview of the "Kit" that he assembled in order to enable us ordinary students to do our own measurements of the 9/11 building-related events directly from video data. He will be demonstrating how we can also get our hands dirty with physics — working directly with video clips as our “data”.  The “9/11 Physics Tool Kit” can be downloaded from  911speakout.org/physics-lab at Mr. Chandler's website 911speakout.org. It contains the highest quality videos, calibration data, and instructions for using “Tracker”, which is itself a free download from the "Open Source Physics" project. He will demonstrate The Kit using his (included) examples of known demolitions, including Balzac Vitry, WTC 7 and WTC 1.  Once we students learn to use the tools we can actually apply them to any other suitable video, if for instance:You are using a stable camera on a tripodThe subject is in movement perpendicular to, or nearly so, the line of sight (the line between the camera and the object).The subject, or another object at the same distance, contains something of known size for calibration purposes.David Chandler has a Bachelor's degree in physics, a Master's degree in education, and also one in Mathematics! A few years ago he retired from 35 years of teaching physics and mathematics at the high school and college levels.  Since about 2007 he has been active as a researcher with the "science wing" of the 9/11 Truth Movement. For a number of years he worked directly with Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth and served with me on its board of directors. He is currently the Coordinator of Scientists for 9/11 Truth.  David became involved with studying the building collapses at the World Trade Center when he realized that he could use the frame tracking software he used in his physics teaching to measure various velocities and accelerations associated with the 9/11 building collapses. He is best known for his measurements demonstrating the absolute freefall of World Trade Center Building 7, proving that the NIST claims about that building's downward movement features were false. His work led to NIST changing its final report, where they actually admitted freefall, even though they continue to deny the clear implications of such. David has authored and co-authored a number of scientific papers related to 9/11, including: “Destruction of the World Trade Center North Tower” and “Fundamental Physics”. He has also created a large number of videos analyzing various aspects of the World Trade Center Collapses (including the ones he made custom for own my presentation 9/11: Blueprint for Truth. He maintains a website with his own research in collaboration with several other researchers at 911speakout.org.

Invisibility cloaks. Transparent frogs. Stealth bombers. Gorilla mischief. Theoretical optical physicist and Invisible Photologist Dr. Greg Gbur joins Alie to chat about light, illusions, secret technology, science fiction inspiration, terrible camouflage, great movies, historical mishaps, and even a few great household life hacks – and why you should go read a book on your porch. Perhaps his book, Invisibility: The History and Science of How Not To Be Seen. Visit Dr. Greg Gbur's blogs, Skulls in the Stars and Science Chamber of Horrors, and follow him on Twitter, Mastodon, Instagram and TikTokBuy Dr. Gbur's book, Invisibility: The History and Science of How Not To Be Seen, on Bookshop.org or AmazonHis 2019 book, Falling Felines and Fundamental Physics, is also available on Bookshop.org and AmazonA donation went to Doctors Without BordersMore episode sources and linksOther episodes you may enjoy: Molecular Neurobiology (BRAIN CHEMICALS), Ophthalmology (EYES), Malacology (SNAILS & SLUGS), Teuthology (SQUIDS), Cosmetology (GLAM/GROOMING), Quantum Ontology (WHAT IS REAL?), Cosmology (THE UNIVERSE) Parts 1 & 2, Plumology (FEATHERS), Medusology (JELLYFISH)Sponsors of OlogiesTranscripts and bleeped episodesSmologies (short, classroom-safe) episodesBecome a patron of Ologies for as little as a buck a monthOlogiesMerch.com has hats, shirts, masks, totes!Follow @Ologies on Twitter and InstagramFollow @AlieWard on Twitter and InstagramEditing by Mercedes Maitland of Maitland Audio Productions and Jarrett Sleeper of MindJam Media and Mark David ChristensonTranscripts by Emily White of The WordaryWebsite by Kelly R. DwyerTheme song by Nick Thorburn

Shep Doeleman is a senior research fellow at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian and one of the world's leading experts on black holes. He heads the globe-spanning Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration, which in recent years unveiled humanity's first-ever images of black holes – including the supermassive behemoth at the centre of our own Milky Way galaxy. Doeleman takes Lauren and Colin behind the scenes of the EHT's discoveries, which earned the collaboration the prestigious Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics in 2020. He also looks ahead to the next big milestones in black hole science, such as the Next-Generation EHT (ngEHT) and the Event Horizon Explorer, which will bring these mysterious phenomena into even sharper focus. View the episode transcript here. Conversations at the Perimeter is co-hosted by Perimeter Teaching Faculty member Lauren Hayward and journalist-turned-science communicator Colin Hunter. In each episode, they chat with a guest scientist about their research, the challenges they encounter, and the drive that keeps them searching for answers. The podcast is produced by the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, a not-for-profit, charitable organization supported by a unique public-private model, including the Governments of Ontario and Canada. Perimeter Institute acknowledges that it is situated on the traditional territory of the Anishinaabe, Haudenosaunee, and Neutral peoples. Perimeter's educational outreach initiatives, including Conversations at the Perimeter, are made possible in part by the support of donors like you. Be part of the equation: perimeterinstitute.ca/donate

Support me by becoming wiser and more knowledgeable – check out books by or related to these intellectuals for sale on Amazon: Terence Tao - https://amzn.to/4cACjHV Jacob Lurie - https://amzn.to/3U5NIZr Simon Donaldson - https://amzn.to/3x99r9w Maxim Kontsevich - https://amzn.to/3VxbPRL If you purchase a book through this link, I will earn a 4.5% commission and be extremely delighted. But if you just want to read and aren't ready to add a new book to your collection yet, I'd recommend checking out the ⁠⁠⁠Internet Archive⁠⁠⁠, the largest free digital library in the world. If you're really feeling benevolent you can buy me a coffee or donate over at ⁠https://ko-fi.com/theunadulteratedintellect⁠⁠. I would seriously appreciate it! __________________________________________________ Terence Chi-Shen Tao (born 17 July 1975) is an Australian mathematician. He is a professor of mathematics at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he holds the James and Carol Collins chair. His research includes topics in harmonic analysis, partial differential equations, algebraic combinatorics, arithmetic combinatorics, geometric combinatorics, probability theory, compressed sensing and analytic number theory. Tao was born to ethnic Chinese immigrant parents and raised in Adelaide. Tao won the Fields Medal in 2006 and won the Royal Medal and Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics in 2014. He is also a 2006 MacArthur Fellow. Tao has been the author or co-author of over three hundred research papers. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest living mathematicians and has been referred to as the "Mozart of mathematics". Jacob Alexander Lurie (born December 7, 1977) is an American mathematician who is a professor at the Institute for Advanced Study. Lurie is a 2014 MacArthur Fellow. Simon Kirwan Donaldson (born 20 August 1957) is an English mathematician known for his work on the topology of smooth (differentiable) four-dimensional manifolds, Donaldson–Thomas theory, and his contributions to Kähler geometry. He is currently a permanent member of the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics at Stony Brook University in New York, and a Professor in Pure Mathematics at Imperial College London. Maxim Lvovich Kontsevich (born 25 August 1964) is a Russian and French mathematician and mathematical physicist. He is a professor at the Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques and a distinguished professor at the University of Miami. He received the Henri Poincaré Prize in 1997, the Fields Medal in 1998, the Crafoord Prize in 2008, the Shaw Prize and Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics in 2012, and the Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics in 2015. Richard Lawrence Taylor (born 19 May 1962) is a British mathematician working in the field of number theory. He is currently the Barbara Kimball Browning Professor in Humanities and Sciences at Stanford University. Taylor received the 2015 Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics "for numerous breakthrough results in the theory of automorphic forms, including the Taniyama–Weil conjecture, the local Langlands conjecture for general linear groups, and the Sato–Tate conjecture." He also received the 2007 Shaw Prize in Mathematical Sciences for his work on the Langlands program with Robert Langlands. He also served on the Mathematical Sciences jury for the Infosys Prize from 2012 to 2014. Yuri Borisovich (Bentsionovich) Milner (born 11 November 1961) is a Soviet-born Israeli entrepreneur, investor, physicist and scientist . He is a cofounder and former chairperson of internet company Mail.Ru Group (now VK) and a founder of investment firm DST Global. Through DST Global, Milner is an investor in Byju's, Facebook, Wish, and many others. In 2012 Milner's personal investments included a stake in 23andMe, Habito, Planet Labs, minority stake in a real estate investments startup, Cadre in 2017. Audio source ⁠here⁠⁠ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theunadulteratedintellect/support

Quantum gravity research is inspired by experiment — all of the experimental data that supports quantum mechanics, and supports general relativity — but it's only inspiration, not detailed guidance. So it's easy to “do research on quantum gravity” and get lost in a world of toy models and mathematical abstraction. Today's guest, Andrew Strominger, is a leading researcher in string theory and quantum gravity, and one who has always kept his eyes on the prize: connecting to the real world. We talk about the development of string theory, the puzzle of a positive cosmological constant, and how black holes and string theory can teach us about each other. Support Mindscape on Patreon.Andrew Strominger received his Ph.D. in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is currently the Gwill E. York Professor of Physics at Harvard University. Among his awards are the Dirac Medal, the Klein Medal, the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, and a Guggenheim Fellowship.Web pageInSpire publicationsWikipediaSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Fundamental physics with neutron stars by Joonas Nättilä et al. on Wednesday 30 November Neutron stars are rich laboratories of multiple branches of modern physics. These include gravitational physics, nuclear and particle physics, (quantum) electrodynamics, and plasma astrophysics. In this chapter, we present the pioneering theoretical studies and the pivotal historical observations on which our understanding of neutron stars is based on. Then, we discuss the usage of neutron stars as probes of fundamental theories of physics. arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/http://arxiv.org/abs/2211.15721v1

Fundamental physics with neutron stars by Joonas Nättilä et al. on Tuesday 29 November Neutron stars are rich laboratories of multiple branches of modern physics. These include gravitational physics, nuclear and particle physics, (quantum) electrodynamics, and plasma astrophysics. In this chapter, we present the pioneering theoretical studies and the pivotal historical observations on which our understanding of neutron stars is based on. Then, we discuss the usage of neutron stars as probes of fundamental theories of physics. arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/http://arxiv.org/abs/2211.15721v1

In this episode, Lexman interviews famed physicist Lee Smolin about his new book, "Taping the Future: The Paradigm of Recorded Thought." In it, Lee argues that humans will eventually tape our thoughts and decision-making processes in order to understand and control our behavior.

Easy Lessons Drawn from the Destruction of the World Trade Center Skyscrapers.He is best known for his measurements demonstrating the absolute freefall of World Trade Center Building 7, proving that NIST's claims about that building were false. His work forced NIST to correct their final report to admit that the building came down in freefall, even though they continue to deny its clear implications.David has authored and co-authored a number of scientific papers related to 9/11, including “Destruction of the World Trade Center North Tower” and “Fundamental Physics”. He has also created a large number of videos analyzing various moving components in the World Trade Center—including the ones he custom-made for my “9/11:Blueprint for Truth” presentation which I have given now more than 650 times around the world! His videos are free to watch now on YouTube & BitChute. He maintains a website hosting his own research in collaboration with several other researchers at 911speakout.org.******************************David has earned a Bachelor's degree in physics from Harvey Mudd College, a Master's degree in education from Claremont Graduate University, and another one in Mathematics from California Polytechnic University! A few years ago he retired from 35 years of teaching physics and mathematics at the high school and college levels. Since about 2007 he has been active as a researcher with the “science wing” of the 9/11 Truth Movement. For a number of years he worked directly with Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth and served with me on its board of directors. He is currently the Coordinator of Scientists for 9/11 Truth.

For the past century, physicists have been building particle colliders as a way to learn about the fundamental laws of physics. Today we talk about why smashing particles together has proven to be such a powerful tool.

Bernard Carr is Emeritus Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy at Queen Mary University of London. As an undergraduate, he read mathematics at Cambridge University and for his Ph.D. he studied the first second of the Universe, working under Stephen Hawking. He was elected to a Fellowship at Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1975, and in 1980 spent a year traveling around America as a Lindemann Fellow before taking up a Senior Research Fellowship at the Institute of Astronomy in Cambridge. In 1984 he was awarded the Adams Prize, one of the UK's most prestigious mathematical awards. In 1985 he moved to Queen Mary and he became a Professor there in 1995. He has also held Visiting Professorships at various institutes in America, Canada, and Japan. His professional area of research is cosmology and astrophysics and includes such topics as the early universe, black holes, dark matter, and the anthropic principle. He is the author of around 300 papers and the books Universe or Multiverse? and Quantum Black Holes. He is also very interested in the role of consciousness as a fundamental rather than incidental feature of the Universe. In particular, he is developing a new psychophysical paradigm linking matter and mind which accommodates normal, paranormal, and mystical experiences. He also has a long-standing interest in the relationship between science and religion, especially Buddhism, having been the coholder of a grant from the Templeton Foundation for a project entitled “Fundamental Physics, Cosmology and the Problem of our Existence". He is President of The Scientific and Medical Network and a former President of the Society for Psychical Research. Transcript of this interview Discussion of this interview in the BatGap Community Facebook Group. Interview recorded July 24, 2022 Video and audio below. Audio also available as a Podcast.

If you are under the impression that the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) is only useful for fundamental physics experiments and doesn't have any capacity for real-world applications, think again! Today's guest, Matt Garrett, is the Director of Technology Transfer and Private Partnerships at SLAC (one of 17 Department of Energy National Laboratories). In today's episode, Matt explains how SLAC's linear particle accelerator contributes to science and the enormous potential for societal impact that lies in the lessons that have been learned through its development.  We also discuss the programs at SLAC that are focused on developing entrepreneurial capabilities, Matt's mission to enhance diversity, equity, and inclusion in the technology transfer community, the importance of place-based innovation, and more!     In This Episode: [00:53] Introducing Matt Garrett, the Director of Technology Transfer and Private Partnerships at SLAC National Accelerator Lab.  [02:53] Matt's first foray in the technology transfer space. and how his career evolved from there. [06:27] The driving force behind the founding of the 17 Department of Energy National Laboratories.  [08:00] Some of SLAC's most notable achievements, and the value that SLAC brings to the greater scientific community and the world at large.  [12:55] Matt describes the unique way in which the Department of Energy National Labs operates.   [14:08] What Matt's role at SLAC entails, and an overview of how SLAC is structured.  [19:42] SLAC's entrepreneurship-focused initiatives.    [23:11] Work that is being done at the laboratory that SLAC developed in collaboration with Toyota.  [26:11] How SLAC's linear particle accelerator technology is being redesigned and used in different forms. [28:19] Awareness that Matt is bringing to the scientific community about the benefits of technology transfer. [31:21] Examples of how SLAC's developments can be used to benefit society.  [32:19] Matt's thoughts on the value of technology transfer organizations, and the organizations that he has been involved with.   [36:01] Value that is being created by the Bay Area Laboratory Innovation Networking Center, which SLAC co-founded.  [38:49] Matt's three wishes for the future of SLAC.   Find Matt: Email LinkedIn  

In this episode of "What We've Learned from NKS", Stephen Wolfram is counting down to the 20th anniversary of A New Kind of Science with a chapter retrospective in an ongoing livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/12aAqLklA

Just how fast is free-fall acceleration? And what does it mean when a building collapses that fast? My guest on RichardGage911:Unleashed! brings you back to high school and shows how easy it is to talk to your friends about the problem of World Trade Center Building 7.David became involved with studying the building collapses at the World Trade Center when he realized that he could use the video frame tracking software that he used in his physics teaching, to measure various velocities and accelerations associated with the 9/11 building collapses. He is best known for his measurements demonstrating the absolute freefall of World Trade Center Building 7, proving that NIST's claims about that building were false. His work forced NIST to correct their final report to admit that the building came down in freefall, even though they continue to deny its clear implications.David has authored and co-authored a number of scientific papers related to 9/11, including “Destruction of the World Trade Center North Tower” and “Fundamental Physics”. He has also created a large number of videos analyzing various moving components in the World Trade Center—including the ones he custom-made for my “9/11:Blueprint for Truth” presentation which I have given now more than 650 times around the world! His videos are free to watch now on YouTube & BitChute. In the last several years David has delved into the attack on the Pentagon and has opened a can of worms in the 9/11 Truth Movement. We're bypassing that most controversial subject this time around but we will “circle back” with him in a few months when we dip our toes into that mess at RichardGage911:Unleashed! after we develop enough sturdy ground to stand on ourselves as we continue to fly solo.He maintains a website hosting his own research in collaboration with several other researchers at 911speakout.org.David has earned a Bachelor's degree in physics, a Master's degree in education, and another one in Mathematics! A few years ago he retired from 35 years of teaching physics and mathematics at the high school and college levels. Since about 2007 he has been active as a researcher with the "science wing" of the 9/11 Truth Movement. For a number of years he worked directly with Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth and served with me on its board of directors.He is currently the Coordinator of Scientists for 9/11 Truth.  p

In 1967, Jocelyn Bell Burnell made an astounding discovery. On 28 November 1967, she detected a "bit of scruff" on her chart-recorder papers that tracked across the sky with the stars. The signal had been visible in data taken in August, but as the papers had to be checked by hand, it took her three months to find it. She established that the signal was pulsing with great regularity, at a rate of about one pulse every one and a third seconds. Temporarily dubbed "Little Green Man 1" (LGM-1) the source (now known as PSR B1919+21) was identified after several years as a rapidly rotating neutron star. But as a young woman in science, her role was overlooked. Today's discussion is with one of the foremost astronomers of our time in a deep and revealing interview that shares a more personal side of her than ever before. In addition to describing her experimental research, we describe the surprising initial reaction to what was initially thought to be aliens, or Little Green Men. Since then we reveal what we've learned about fascinating pulsars as well as what that may reveal about life in the universe. We also chat about her religion (Quaker) and mine (Jewish) and how her view of God has evolved. We discuss her book "A Quaker Astronomer Reflects: Can a Scientist also be Religious? ", the Multiverse and Quakers: influence of mentors like Sir Fred Hoyle, the Nobel Prize and answer audience questions. Dame Susan Jocelyn Bell Burnell DBE FRS FRSE FRAS FInstP is an astrophysicist from Northern Ireland who was president of the Royal Astronomical Society from 2002 to 2004, president of the Institute of Physics from October 2008 until October 2010, and interim president of the Institute following the death of her successor, Marshall Stoneham, in early 2011. In 2018, she was awarded the Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics. Following the announcement of the award, she decided to use the £2.3 million prize money to establish the Bell Burnell Graduate Scholarship Fund, to help female, minority and refugee students become physics researchers. The fund is administered by the Institute of Physics. Bell on God "Recognising that there was not going to be any proof of the existence of God, I decided many years ago to adopt as a ‘working hypothesis' the assumption that there was a God, a God that I will describe below, and to see how I got on with this picture of God. Perhaps evidence would accumulate that would lead me to decide that the hypothesis was wrong, that there was no God, or that God was very different from what I had imagined."

In 1967, Jocelyn Bell Burnell made an astounding discovery. On 28 November 1967, she detected a "bit of scruff" on her chart-recorder papers that tracked across the sky with the stars. The signal had been visible in data taken in August, but as the papers had to be checked by hand, it took her three months to find it. She established that the signal was pulsing with great regularity, at a rate of about one pulse every one and a third seconds. Temporarily dubbed "Little Green Man 1" (LGM-1) the source (now known as PSR B1919+21) was identified after several years as a rapidly rotating neutron star. But as a young woman in science, her role was overlooked. Today's discussion is with one of the foremost astronomers of our time in a deep and revealing interview that shares a more personal side of her than ever before. In addition to describing her experimental research, we describe the surprising initial reaction to what was initially thought to be aliens, or Little Green Men. Since then we reveal what we've learned about fascinating pulsars as well as what that may reveal about life in the universe. We also chat about her religion (Quaker) and mine (Jewish) and how her view of God has evolved. We discuss her book "A Quaker Astronomer Reflects: Can a Scientist also be Religious? ", the Multiverse and Quakers: influence of mentors like Sir Fred Hoyle, the Nobel Prize and answer audience questions. Dame Susan Jocelyn Bell Burnell DBE FRS FRSE FRAS FInstP is an astrophysicist from Northern Ireland who was president of the Royal Astronomical Society from 2002 to 2004, president of the Institute of Physics from October 2008 until October 2010, and interim president of the Institute following the death of her successor, Marshall Stoneham, in early 2011. In 2018, she was awarded the Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics. Following the announcement of the award, she decided to use the £2.3 million prize money to establish the Bell Burnell Graduate Scholarship Fund, to help female, minority and refugee students become physics researchers. The fund is administered by the Institute of Physics. Bell on God "Recognising that there was not going to be any proof of the existence of God, I decided many years ago to adopt as a ‘working hypothesis' the assumption that there was a God, a God that I will describe below, and to see how I got on with this picture of God. Perhaps evidence would accumulate that would lead me to decide that the hypothesis was wrong, that there was no God, or that God was very different from what I had imagined. Or perhaps evidence would accumulate that made it unquestionably clear that there was a God, maybe even evidence that God was much as I had envisaged." Visit our Sponsor LinkedIn.com/impossible to post a job for FREE Please join my mailing list; just click here http://briankeating.com/mailing_list.php  Produced by Stuart Volkow (P.G.A) and Brian Keating Edited by Stuart Volkow Music:  Yeti Tears Miguel Tully - www.facebook.com/yetitears/ Theo Ryan - http://the-omusic.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Graham Farmelo is an award-winning biographer and science writer. Based in London, he is a Fellow at Churchill College, Cambridge and a regular visitor at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. He was a lecturer in physics at the Open University, 1977-1990. Briefly the youngest tenured academic in the UK. Quickly specialized as a teacher, chaired the team that produced the Science Foundation Course in the late 1980s and conceived its inter-disciplinary science course ‘Science Matters'. Farmelo is author of 'The Universe Speaks in Numbers', published in May 2019. It explores the relationship between mathematics and the search for the laws of physics, and highlights the contributions of several theoretical physicists, natural philosophers and mathematicians, notably Isaac Newton, Pierre-Simon Laplace, James Clerk Maxwell, Albert Einstein and Paul Dirac. Farmelo's Dirac biography ‘The Strangest Man' won the 2009 Costa Prize for Biography[1] and the 2009 'Los Angeles Times Science and Technology Book Prize'.[2] The book was chosen by Physics World as the physics book of the year in 2009,[3] when it was selected as one of Nature's books of the year. Farmelo's 2013 book 'Churchill's Bomb' focuses on Winston Churchill's role in British nuclear research 1939-53, with hitherto unpublished information on its influence by Churchill's science adviser Frederick Lindemann. The book emphasizes conflicts between scientific opportunity and political direction. Farmelo is critical of Churchill's wavering attention and changes of policy as he aged. https://grahamfarmelo.com/ 00:00:00 Intro 00:02:12 Do we need a theory of everything? 00:04:33 Fundamental Physics is a small part of the whole field. 00:06:55 What is the mathematical language of the Universe? Intergers? Rationale numbers? Other? 00:10:10 We're at an odd time in physics! The standard model works better than expected! 00:16:21 Never say never! What is untestable today may be testable tomorrow. 00:17:04 Bridging Maxwell, Yang-Mills and Chern-Simons and the view of Ed Witten 00:24:19 Is there a role for "beauty" in physics and math? 00:26:50 What rubric could be used to grade candidates for theories of everything? 00:32:22 How to break the standard model. 00:38:41 Is string theory already falsified? What can it tell us now? 00:47:57 How do you engage young people to get inspired in physics today? Where should our resources go? 00:52:51 What mysteries are you currently most engaged with? What did Freeman Dyson mean to you? 00:58:14 Discussing Nima Arkani-Hamed. 01:04:00 What do you think about the work of Gerard 't Hooft?  http://briankeating.com/mailing_list.php 

The field of physics has brought tremendous advances to modern Bayesian statistics, especially inspiring the current algorithms enabling all of us to enjoy the Bayesian power on our own laptops. I did receive some physicians already on the show, like Michael Betancourt in episode 6, but in my legendary ungratefulness I hadn't dedicated a whole episode to talk about physics yet. Well that's now taken care of, thanks to JJ Ruby. Apart from having really good tastes (he's indeed a fan of this very podcast), JJ is currently a postdoctoral fellow for the Center for Matter at Atomic Pressures at the University of Rochester, and will soon be starting as a Postdoctoral Scholar at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, a U.S. Department of Energy National Laboratory. JJ did his undergraduate work in Astrophysics and Planetary Science at Villanova University, outside of Philadelphia, and completed his master's degree and PhD in Physics at the University of Rochester, in New York. JJ studies high energy density physics and focuses on using Bayesian techniques to extract information from large scale physics experiments with highly integrated measurements. In his freetime, he enjoys playing sports including baseball, basketball, and golf. Our theme music is « Good Bayesian », by Baba Brinkman (feat MC Lars and Mega Ran). Check out his awesome work at https://bababrinkman.com/ (https://bababrinkman.com/) ! Thank you to my Patrons for making this episode possible! Yusuke Saito, Avi Bryant, Ero Carrera, Brian Huey, Giuliano Cruz, Tim Gasser, James Wade, Tradd Salvo, Adam Bartonicek, William Benton, Alan O'Donnell, Mark Ormsby, Demetri Pananos, James Ahloy, Jon Berezowski, Robin Taylor, Thomas Wiecki, Chad Scherrer, Nathaniel Neitzke, Zwelithini Tunyiswa, Elea McDonnell Feit, Bertrand Wilden, James Thompson, Stephen Oates, Gian Luca Di Tanna, Jack Wells, Matthew Maldonado, Ian Costley, Ally Salim, Larry Gill, Joshua Duncan, Ian Moran, Paul Oreto, Colin Caprani, George Ho, Colin Carroll, Nathaniel Burbank, Michael Osthege, Rémi Louf, Clive Edelsten, Henri Wallen, Hugo Botha, Vinh Nguyen, Raul Maldonado, Marcin Elantkowski, Tim Radtke, Adam C. Smith, Will Kurt, Andrew Moskowitz, Hector Munoz, Marco Gorelli, Simon Kessell, Bradley Rode, Patrick Kelley, Rick Anderson, Casper de Bruin, Philippe Labonde, Matthew McAnear, Michael Hankin and Cameron Smith. Visit https://www.patreon.com/learnbayesstats (https://www.patreon.com/learnbayesstats) to unlock exclusive Bayesian swag ;) Links from the show: Center for Matter at Atomic Pressures: https://www.rochester.edu/cmap/ (https://www.rochester.edu/cmap/) Laboratory for Laser Energetics: https://www.lle.rochester.edu/index.php/about-the-laboratory-for-laser-energetics/ (https://www.lle.rochester.edu/index.php/about-the-laboratory-for-laser-energetics/) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: https://www.llnl.gov/ (https://www.llnl.gov/) JJ's thesis -- Bayesian Inference of Fundamental Physics at Extreme Conditions: https://www.lle.rochester.edu/media/publications/documents/theses/Ruby.pdf (https://www.lle.rochester.edu/media/publications/documents/theses/Ruby.pdf) Recent Fusion Breakthrough: https://www.llnl.gov/news/national-ignition-facility-experiment-puts-researchers-threshold-fusion-ignition (https://www.llnl.gov/news/national-ignition-facility-experiment-puts-researchers-threshold-fusion-ignition) LBS #6, A principled Bayesian workflow, with Michael Betancourt: https://www.learnbayesstats.com/episode/6-a-principled-bayesian-workflow-with-michael-betancourt (https://www.learnbayesstats.com/episode/6-a-principled-bayesian-workflow-with-michael-betancourt) 20 Best Statistics Podcasts of 2021: https://welpmagazine.com/20-best-statistics-podcasts-of-2021/ (https://welpmagazine.com/20-best-statistics-podcasts-of-2021/) E.T. Jaynes, Probability Theory -- The Logic of Science: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/151848.Probability_Theory... Support this podcast

Is what you see, really the way the world looks? As an Optical Physicist Dr. Greg Gbur studies that and more. We talk the latest in optical physics, the possibility of invisibility, coherence theory, meta materials and why movies are wrong about lasers. Then, we countdown the Top 5 Celebrities You Don't Wanna Share a Name With.Dr. Greg Gbur: 01:51ishPointless: 31:23ishTop 5: 47:36ishhttps://skullsinthestars.com/ (Dr. Greg Gbur's Blog)https://twitter.com/drskyskull (Dr. Greb Gbur's Twitter)https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300231298/falling-felines-and-fundamental-physics (Falling Felines and Fundamental Physics, Dr. Greg Gbur's Book)

The dynamics of the early universe and black holes are fundamental reflections of the interplay between general relativity and quantum fields. The essential physical processes occur in situations that are difficult to observe and impossible to experiment with: when gravitational interactions are strong, quantum effects are important, and theoretical predictions for these regimes are based on major extrapolations of laboratory-tested physics. We will discuss the possibility to study these processes in experiments by employing analogue classical/quantum simulators. Their high degree of tunability, in terms of dynamics, effective geometry, and field theoretical description, allows one to emulate a wide range of elusive physical phenomena in a controlled laboratory setting. We will discuss recent developments in this area of research.

It's not easy, figuring out the fundamental laws of physics. It's even harder when your chosen methodology is to essentially start from scratch, positing a simple underlying system and a simple set of rules for it, and hope that everything we know about the world somehow pops out. That's the project being undertaken by Stephen Wolfram and his collaborators, who are working with a kind of discrete system called “hypergraphs.” We talk about what the basic ideas are, why one would choose this particular angle of attack on fundamental physics, and how ideas like quantum mechanics and general relativity might emerge from this simple framework.Support Mindscape on Patreon.Stephen Wolfram received his Ph.D. in physics from Caltech. He is the founder and CEO of Wolfram Research, and the creator of Mathematica, Wolfram|Alpha, and the Wolfram Language. Among his awards are a MacArthur Fellowship. Among his books is A New Kind of Science. He recently launched the Wolfram Physics Project.Web siteWolfram ResearchTalk on Computation and Fundamental PhysicsAmazon.com author pageWikipediaTwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Bloomberg Washington Correspondent Joe Mathieu delivers insight and analysis on the latest headlines from the White House and Capitol Hill, including conversations with influential lawmakers and key figures in politics and policy. Guests: U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, Bloomberg White House reporter Josh Wingrove, Bloomberg Washington correspondent Annmarie Hordern, Bloomberg Congress reporter Billy House, and Nick Suntzeff, Astronomer and Distinguished Professor in the Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics & Astronomy at Texas A&M University. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Bloomberg Washington Correspondent Joe Mathieu delivers insight and analysis on the latest headlines from the White House and Capitol Hill, including conversations with influential lawmakers and key figures in politics and policy. Guests: U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, Bloomberg White House reporter Josh Wingrove, Bloomberg Washington correspondent Annmarie Hordern, Bloomberg Congress reporter Billy House, and Nick Suntzeff, Astronomer and Distinguished Professor in the Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics & Astronomy at Texas A&M University. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Timestamps(1:55) Alba shared her background growing up interested in studying Physics and pivoting into quantum mechanics.(3:33) Alba went over her Bachelor’s in Fundamental Physics at The University of Barcelona.(4:54) Alba continued her education with an M.S. degree that specialized in Particle Physics and Gravitation.(6:40) Alba started her Ph.D. in Physics in 2015 and discussed her first publication, “Operational Approach to Bell Inequalities: Application to Qutrits.”(9:48) Alba also spent time as a visiting scholar at the University of Oxford and the University of Madrid during her Ph.D.(11:25) Alba explained her second paper to understand the connection between maximal entanglement and the fundamental symmetries of high-energy physics.(13:27) Alba dissected her next work titled “Multipartite Entanglement in Spin Chains and The Hyperdeterminant.”(18:56) Alba shared the origin of Quantic, a quantum computation joint effort between the University of Barcelona and the Barcelona Supercomputing Center.(22:27) Alba unpacked her article “Quantum Computation: Playing The Quantum Symphony,” making a metaphor between quantum computing and musical symphony.(27:47) Alba discussed the motivation and contribution of her paper “Exact Ising Model Simulation On A Quantum Computer.”(32:51) Alba recalled creating a tutorial that ended up winning the Teach Me QISKit challenge from IBM back in 2018.(35:01) Alba elaborated on her paper “Quantum Circuits For the Maximally Entangled States,” which designs a series of quantum circuits that generate absolute maximally entangled states to benchmark a quantum computer.(38:54) Alba dissected key ideas in her paper “Data Re-Uploading For a Universal Quantum Classifier.”(43:51) Alba explained how she leveled up her knowledge of classical neural networks.(47:40) Alba shared her experience as a Postdoctoral Fellow at The Matter Lab at the University of Toronto — working on quantum machine learning and variational quantum algorithms (checked out the Quantum Research Seminars Toronto that she has been organizing).(52:18) Alba explained her work on the Meta-Variational Quantum Eigensolver algorithm capable of learning the ground state energy profile of a parametrized Hamiltonian.(59:23) Alba went over Tequila, a development package for quantum algorithms in Python that her group created.(01:04:49) Alba presented a quantum calling for new algorithms, applications, architectures, quantum-classical interface, and more (as presented here).(01:08:59) Alba has been active in education and public outreach activities about encouraging scientific vocations for young minds, especially in Catalonia.(01:12:07) Closing segment.Her Contact InfoWebsiteTwitterLinkedInGoogle ScholarGitHubHer Recommended ResourcesEwin Tang (Ph.D. Student in Theoretical Computer Science at the University of Washington)Alán Aspuru-Guzik (Professor of Chemistry and Computer Science at the University of Toronto, Alba’s current supervisor)José Ignacio Latorre (Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Barcelona, Alba’s former supervisor)Quantum Computation and Quantum Information (by Michael Nielsen and Isaac Chuang)Quantum Field Theory and The Standard Model (by Matthew Schwarz)The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (by Thomas Kuhn)Against Method (by Paul Feyerabend)Quantum Computing Since Democritus (by Scott Aaronson)

Timestamps(1:55) Alba shared her background growing up interested in studying Physics and pivoting into quantum mechanics.(3:33) Alba went over her Bachelor’s in Fundamental Physics at The University of Barcelona.(4:54) Alba continued her education with an M.S. degree that specialized in Particle Physics and Gravitation.(6:40) Alba started her Ph.D. in Physics in 2015 and discussed her first publication, “Operational Approach to Bell Inequalities: Application to Qutrits.”(9:48) Alba also spent time as a visiting scholar at the University of Oxford and the University of Madrid during her Ph.D.(11:25) Alba explained her second paper to understand the connection between maximal entanglement and the fundamental symmetries of high-energy physics.(13:27) Alba dissected her next work titled “Multipartite Entanglement in Spin Chains and The Hyperdeterminant.”(18:56) Alba shared the origin of Quantic, a quantum computation joint effort between the University of Barcelona and the Barcelona Supercomputing Center.(22:27) Alba unpacked her article “Quantum Computation: Playing The Quantum Symphony,” making a metaphor between quantum computing and musical symphony.(27:47) Alba discussed the motivation and contribution of her paper “Exact Ising Model Simulation On A Quantum Computer.”(32:51) Alba recalled creating a tutorial that ended up winning the Teach Me QISKit challenge from IBM back in 2018.(35:01) Alba elaborated on her paper “Quantum Circuits For the Maximally Entangled States,” which designs a series of quantum circuits that generate absolute maximally entangled states to benchmark a quantum computer.(38:54) Alba dissected key ideas in her paper “Data Re-Uploading For a Universal Quantum Classifier.”(43:51) Alba explained how she leveled up her knowledge of classical neural networks.(47:40) Alba shared her experience as a Postdoctoral Fellow at The Matter Lab at the University of Toronto — working on quantum machine learning and variational quantum algorithms (checked out the Quantum Research Seminars Toronto that she has been organizing).(52:18) Alba explained her work on the Meta-Variational Quantum Eigensolver algorithm capable of learning the ground state energy profile of a parametrized Hamiltonian.(59:23) Alba went over Tequila, a development package for quantum algorithms in Python that her group created.(01:04:49) Alba presented a quantum calling for new algorithms, applications, architectures, quantum-classical interface, and more (as presented here).(01:08:59) Alba has been active in education and public outreach activities about encouraging scientific vocations for young minds, especially in Catalonia.(01:12:07) Closing segment.Her Contact InfoWebsiteTwitterLinkedInGoogle ScholarGitHubHer Recommended ResourcesEwin Tang (Ph.D. Student in Theoretical Computer Science at the University of Washington)Alán Aspuru-Guzik (Professor of Chemistry and Computer Science at the University of Toronto, Alba’s current supervisor)José Ignacio Latorre (Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Barcelona, Alba’s former supervisor)Quantum Computation and Quantum Information (by Michael Nielsen and Isaac Chuang)Quantum Field Theory and The Standard Model (by Matthew Schwarz)The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (by Thomas Kuhn)Against Method (by Paul Feyerabend)Quantum Computing Since Democritus (by Scott Aaronson)

What is the world made of? How does it behave? These questions, aimed at the most basic level of reality, are the subject of fundamental physics. What counts as fundamental is somewhat contestable, but it includes our best understanding of matter and energy, space and time, and dynamical laws, as well as complex emergent structures and the sweep of the cosmos. Few people are better positioned to talk about fundamental physics than Frank Wilczek, a Nobel Laureate who has made significant contributions to our understanding of the strong interactions, dark matter, black holes, and condensed matter, as well as proposing the existence of time crystals. We talk about what we currently know about fundamental physics, but also the directions in which it is heading, for better and for worse.Support Mindscape on Patreon.Frank Wilczek received his Ph.D. in physics from Princeton University. He is currently the Herman Feshbach professor of physics at the MIT; Founding Director of the T. D. Lee Institute and Chief Scientist at Wilczek Quantum Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Distinguished Professor at Arizona State University; and Professor at Stockholm University. Among his numerous awards are the MacArthur Fellowship, the Nobel Prize in Physics (2004, for asymptotic freedom), membership in the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is the author of numerous books, most recently Fundamentals: Ten Keys to Reality.Web siteMIT web pageGoogle Scholar publicationsNobel biographyProfile in Quanta magazineWikipediaTwitter

Astronomers rocked the cosmological world with the 1998 discovery that the universe is accelerating. Well-deserved Nobel Prizes were awarded to Saul Perlmutter, Brian Schmidt, and today’s guest Adam Riess. Adam has continued to push forward on investigating the structure and evolution of the universe. He’s been a leader in emphasizing a curious disagreement that threatens to grow into a crisis: incompatible values of the Hubble constant (expansion rate of the universe) obtained from the cosmic microwave background vs. direct measurements. We talk about where this “Hubble tension” comes from, and what it might mean for the universe.Support Mindscape on Patreon.Adam Riess received his Ph.D. in astronomy from Harvard University. He is currently Bloomberg Distinguished Professor and Thomas J. Barber Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Johns Hopkins University and a Senior member of the Science Staff at the Space Telescope Science Institute. Among his many awards are the Helen B. Warner Prize of the American Astronomical Society, the Sackler Prize, the Shaw Prize, the Gruber Cosmology Prize, the MacArthur Fellowship, the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, and the Nobel Prize.Johns Hopkins web pageSpace Telescope Science Institute web pageNobel LectureGoogle Scholar publicationsTalk on the expansion rate of the universeWikipedia

Professor Maria Pilar de Lara-Castells from the Institute of Fundamental Physics at the Spanish National Research Council is leading research in order to uncover the special properties of a new generation of materials: subnanometer-sized metal clusters, which could push the next generation of photocatalysts to a new level.Read about the research in these three papers: https://doi.org/10.1039/C9TA00994Ahttps://doi.org/10.1039/D0TA00062Khttps://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b06620

20th episode of Packets and Bolts: The podcast about technology, life, philosophy, and everything in between. Tonight we talk with David Chandler about the September 11th attacks and how the buildings fell.: If you wish to skip our wonderful banter the interview begins at 1:02:00. Websites: http://911speakout.org/ http://www.scientistsfor911truth.com/ https://medium.com/@davidchandler_61838/free-fall-131a94a1be7e David Chandler has a Bachelor’s degree in physics, a Master’s degree in education, and another Master’s degree in mathematics. A few years ago he retired from 35 years of teaching physics and mathematics at the high school and college levels. Since about 2007 he has been active as a researcher with what he calls the "science wing" of the 9/11 Truth Movement. For a number of years he worked with Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth and is currently the Coordinator of Scientists for 9/11 Truth. David became involved with studying the building collapses at the World Trade Center when he realized he could use the frame tracking software he used in his physics teaching, to measure various velocities and accelerations associated with the 9/11 building collapses. He is best known for his measurements demonstrating the absolute freefall of World Trade Center Building 7, proving that NIST’s claims about that building were false. His work led to NIST changing its final report to admitting freefall, even though they continue to deny its clear implications. David has authored and co-authored a number of scientific papers related to 9/11 including Destruction of the World Trade Center North Tower and Fundamental Physics. He has also created a large number of videos analyzing various aspects of the World Trade Center Collapses and presented them to the public on YouTube (with backups on BitChute). He maintains a web site with his own research in collaboration with several other researchers, at 911speakout.org. *** Packets and Bolts - Bringing AM radio to Podcasting since 2019...

Antonio EreditatoEdoardo Boncinelli"L'infinito gioco della scienza"Come il pensiero scientifico può cambiare il mondoIl Saggiatorehttp://ilsaggiatore.it/Nell'era della superficialità dell'informazione, in cui imperversano le fake news e al ragionamento critico si antepongono presunzione e ignoranza, la scienza sembra essere sotto attacco. Ma non è che un paradosso, perché mai come oggi la ricerca scientifica è stata così forte e affidabile.Edoardo Boncinelli e Antonio Ereditato, due scienziati italiani in prima linea nei rispettivi campi di indagine – la genetica e la sica delle particelle –, ci raccontano che la scienza è bellezza, creatività, gioia della ricerca e della scoperta. È indagare e comprendere i misteri della natura, è lo sforzo di evocare nelle nostre menti l'universo intero. In fondo, la scienza è un gioco. Un gioco intellettuale e materiale, faticoso eppure attraente, in cui si procede per tentativi ma secondo regole ferree, in cui ogni conclusione è sempre provvisoria e il rincorrersi virtuoso tra teorie e osservazioni porta a risultati sorprendenti. E non sono soltanto le applicazioni della ricerca scientifica a cambiare il mondo in cui viviamo e il nostro modo di pensarlo; è l'atto stesso del ricercare che lo modifica, introducendo novità e trasformazioni di ogni tipo.L'infinito gioco della scienza ci svela che il potere della scienza è proprio questo: la capacità di plasmare la realtà e di partecipare alla sua costante ricreazione. Una partita che Boncinelli ed Ereditato ritengono troppo emozionante per essere abbandonata: si resta in campo, quindi, a giocare il fantastico e infinito gioco della scienza.Edoardo Boncinelli è il più importante genetista italiano. Per più di vent'anni ha svolto attività di ricerca presso l'Istituto di genetica e biofisica del cnr di Napoli. È stato direttore del Laboratorio di biologia molecolare dello sviluppo presso l'Università San Raffaele e direttore di ricerca presso il Centro per lo studio della farmacologia cellulare e molecolare del cnr di Milano.Antonio Ereditato è professore di Fisica delle particelle elementari presso l'Università di Berna e direttore del Laboratory for High Energy Physics e dell'Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics sempre a Berna. Svolge attività di ricerca al cern di Ginevra, al Fermilab di Chicago e al J-PARC di Tokai, in Giappone, dove partecipa ai più importanti esperimenti internazionali sulla fisica delle particelle.IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarehttps://ilpostodelleparole.it/

I will review the basic defi�nitions and ideas of the twistor program for fundamental physics, as started by Roger Penrose around 1970. I will give particular attention to certain conformally invariant struc- tures involving deformed helicities, relevant to scattering amplitudes for massless �elds. These played a role in Penrose's earliest contour integral expressions, but have more recently been rediscovered and greatly developed as an approach to regularization.

As black holes spiral around each other in the distant universe, Einstein’s theory of general relativity predicts gravitational waves – ripples in the fabric of space-time itself. We have now detected such ripples from stellar-mass black holes, as well as directly imaging a supermassive black hole. Shami Chatterjee, an astronomer at the Cornell Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Science and a member of the NANOGrav collaboration, talks about ongoing efforts to build a Galaxy-scale detector to observe low-frequency gravitational waves from the mergers of supermassive black holes in the distant universe, as well as some of the unexpected discoveries along the way. The unexpected discoveries include enigmatic “fast radio bursts”, bright millisecond flashes of radio waves that pop off thousands of times every day, all over the sky, with astonishing energy output. Dr. Chatterjee searches for and studies neutron stars, and how to use their lighthouse beams as clocks to build a long-wavelength gravitational wave detector. He has done foundational work on fast radio bursts that has been featured twice on the cover of Nature, and plays a small role in the Event Horizon Telescope team that won the 2020 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for imaging a black hole. Visit http://g.co/TalksAtGoogle/waves to watch the video.

Look out, T.S. Eliot, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and cheezburger.com! This week, we take another important step toward a Grand Unified Theory of Cats, as Jocelyn and Bradley are joined by Greg Gbur, author of the book Falling Felines and Fundamental Physics. Greg sheds light on the long, rich history of cats and their pet scientists, explaining why the “cat-turning problem” has captured the imaginations of physicists, physiologists, and engineers for well over a century. Greg also shares his research on optics and the future of invisibility cloaks (!!!), and how history and pulp fiction can provide unexpected sources of inspiration for scientific work. Finally, the friends discuss the value of Twitter for building a broader, more inclusive scientific community. You can find Greg on Twitter @drskyskull, and you can learn more about his work at the links below: Falling Felines and Fundamental Physics: https://www.amazon.com/Falling-Felines-Fundamental-Physics-Gregory/dp/0300231296 Skulls in the Stars (Greg’s blog): https://skullsinthestars.com/ UNCC faculty page: https://pages.uncc.edu/greg-gbur/ Can Twitter Save Science? https://danco.substack.com/p/can-twitter-save-science Greg’s Twitter recommendations:Sophia Gad-Nasr @AstropartigirlSarafina Nance @starstrickenSFRose DF @_Astro_Nerd_Raychelle Burks @DrRubidiumJess Wade @jesswadeSarah McAnulty @SarahMackAttackLisa Buckley @LisavipesLisa @PhysicistLisaContact Science! With Friends (especially if you’re a scientist interested in a lively conversation about your science and science story) at Gmail or Twitter!• Gmail: sciwithfriends@gmail.com• Twitter @SciWithFriends• Facebook: Science With FriendsScience! With Friends Podcast is created and hosted by Jocelyn Bosley (@SciTalker) and Bradley Nordell (@bradleynordell) and Produced by the Basement Creators Network. You can find them at https://www.basementcreators.network/Sound Editing by Vince Ruhl

Astrophysicist Dame Jocelyn Bell-Burnell, poets Sam Illingworth and Sunayana Bhargava, and C19 expert and New Generation Thinker Greg Tate from the University of St Andrews join Anne McElvoy to discuss the parallels between poetry and Victorian laboratory work. Dame Jocelyn Bell-Burnell, is perhaps most famous for first discovering Pulsars - strange spinning massively dense stars that emit powerful regular pulses of radiation. she has been President of the Royal Astronomical Society and the Institute of Physics, and more recently was recipient of the Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics. Alongside, she collects poetry related to Astronomy. Greg Tate's next book looks at the physical and metaphysical part of rhythm in verse by C19 physical scientists. Sam Illingworth's book "Sonnet to Science" looks at several scientists who have resorted to poetry in their work. Sunayana Bhargava works at University of Sussex studying distant galactic clusters, and is also a practising poet. Previously she was Barbican young Poet. You can hear Greg discussing the 19th-century scientist and mountaineer John Tyndall in a Free Thinking programme which also looks at mountains through the eyes of artist Tacita Dean https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b3fkt3 and a short feature about poetry and science in the 19th century https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04n2zcp Tristram Hunt, Director of the V&A Museum and Sir Paul Nurse, Director of the Francis Crick Institute, debate the divide and the links between arts and science in a Free Thinking debate recording at Queen Mary University London https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0001f5f Producer: Alex Mansfield.

Learn about why most peoples’ favorite color is blue. Then, you’ll learn why the mystery of how how cats always land on their feet puzzled scientists for centuries, with help from author Greg Gbur. In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following story from Curiosity.com about the psychological reason why most people’s favorite color is blue: https://curiosity.com/topics/the-psychological-reason-why-most-peoples-favorite-color-is-blue-curiosity Additional resources from Greg Gbur: Pick up “Falling Felines and Fundamental Physics” on Amazon — https://amzn.to/2qfzqKo Follow Greg Gbur on Twitter — https://twitter.com/drskyskull Greg Gbur’s website — https://skullsinthestars.com/ Amazon smart speaker users: you can listen to our podcast as part of your Amazon Alexa Flash Briefing! Just click or tap “enable” here: https://curiosity.im/podcast-flash-briefing. 

In recent decades, physicists and astronomers have discovered two beautiful Standard Models, one for the quantum world of extremely short distances, and one for the universe as a whole. Both models have had spectacular success, but there are also strong arguments for new physics beyond these models. In this lecture, we will review these models, their successes and their shortfalls. We will describe how experiments in the near future could point to new physics suggesting a profound conceptual revolution, which could change our view of the world.

Strings and Fundamental Physics 2014

Strings and Fundamental Physics 2014

Professor Carlos Frenk is a cosmologist and one of the originators of the Cold Dark Matter theory for the formation of galaxies and the structure of the universe. He has worked at Durham University since 1985, where he was appointed the inaugural Ogden Professor of Fundamental Physics in 2001 and has been Director of the Institute for Computational Cosmology since 2002. Born in Mexico in 1951, he is the son of a German Jewish immigrant father and a Mexican mother with Spanish roots. After completing his physics degree in Mexico, he came to Cambridge University in the mid-1970s to do a PhD in Astronomy. His first postgraduate job took him to the University of California where he worked on a computer simulation of the universe with three fellow cosmologists, disproving the idea that the universe contains hot dark matter and establishing the theory of cold dark matter instead.Professor Frenk's papers have received more than 100,000 citations, making him one of the most frequently cited authors in the field of space science and astronomy. He has won a number of prizes for his work, including the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society. He was awarded a CBE in 2017.Presenter: Kirsty Young Producer: Cathy Drysdale.

More than 300 feet underground, looping underneath both France and Switzerland on the outskirts of Geneva, a 16-mile-long ring called the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) smashes protons together at nearly the speed of light. Sifting through the wreckage, scientists have made some profound discoveries about the fundamental nature of our universe. But what if all that chaos underground is shrouding subtle hints of new physics? David Curtin, a postdoctoral researcher at the Maryland Center for Fundamental Physics here at UMD, has an idea for a detector that could be built at the surface—far away from the noise and shrapnel of the main LHC experiments. The project, which he and his collaborators call MATHUSLA, may resolve some of the mysteries that are lingering behind our best theories. This episode of Relatively Certain was produced by Chris Cesare, Emily Edwards, Sean Kelley and Kate Delossantos. It features music by Dave Depper, Podington Bear, Broke for Free, Chris Zabriskie and the LHCsound project. Relatively Certain is a production of the Joint Quantum Institute, a research partnership between the University of Maryland and the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and you can find it on iTunes, Google Play or Soundcloud.