158 | David Wallace on The Arrow of Time
The arrow of time — all the ways in which the past differs from the future — is a fascinating […]
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Physics
155 | Stephen Wolfram on Computation, Hypergraphs, and Fundamental Physics
It’s not easy, figuring out the fundamental laws of physics. It’s even harder when your chosen methodology is to essentially
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153 | John Preskill on Quantum Computers and What They’re Good For
Depending on who you listen to, quantum computers are either the biggest technological change coming down the road or just
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149 | Lee Smolin on Time, Philosophy, and the Nature of Reality
The challenge to a theoretical physicist pushing beyond our best current theories is that there are too many ways to
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144 | Solo: Are We Moving Beyond the Standard Model?
I’ve been a professional physicist since the 1980’s, and not once over the course of my career has a particle-physics
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Bonus | AIP Oral History Interview
Here is a special bonus punishment treat for Mindscape listeners: an interview of me, by David Zierler of the American
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130 | Frank Wilczek on the Present and Future of Fundamental Physics
What is the world made of? How does it behave? These questions, aimed at the most basic level of reality,
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Holiday Message 2020 | The Screwy Universe
CMB temperature (colors) and polarization (lines), as measured by the Planck satellite. Welcome to the third annual Mindscape Holiday Message!
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124 | Solo: How Time Travel Could and Should Work
Time! It doesn’t stop, psychological effects of being under lockdown notwithstanding. How we experience time depends on our situation, but
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120 | Jeremy England on Biology, Thermodynamics, and the Bible
Erwin Schrödinger’s famous book What Is Life? highlighted the connections between physics, and thermodynamics in particular, and the nature of
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