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#204 – Cumrun Vafa: String Theory
2 hour 18 minutes Posted Jul 26, 2021 at 1:07 am.
) – Introduction
) – Difference between math and physics
) – Evolution of quantum mechanics
) – Can mathematics lead humanity off track
) – Beauty in mathematics
) – Philosophers using symmetry
) – How can ancient geometry be used to understand reality
) – Key ideas in the history of physics
) – Einstein’s special relativity
) – Physicists building intuition
) – Best work by Einstein
) – Quantum mechanics
) – Quantum gravity
) – String theory
) – 10th Dimension
) – Skepticism regarding string theory
) – Key figures in string theory
) – String Theory’s Nobel Prize
) – Edward Witten
) – String Theory Landscape & Swamplands
) – Theories of everything
) – Advice for young people
) – Death
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