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A timeline diagram showing portraits of various scientists, documents, and equations connected by arrows, illustrating the historical development of quantum mechanics.
16mins
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The Big Think Interview
Why general relativity would’ve been discovered without Einstein
“The messy reality of it is that all of these very smart people, including Isaac Newton, were talking to other people.”
Sean Carroll
9mins
The Big Think Interview
Sean Carroll: Can we ever escape the logic of a clockwork universe?
“The universe clicks along in perfect accord with the laws of physics forever.”
Sean Carroll
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1hr 26mins
Full Interview
Sean Carroll explains why physics is both simple and impossible
“I like to say that physics is hard because physics is easy, by which I mean we actually think about physics as students.”
Sean Carroll
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