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Cumrun Vafa - String Theory
Mon, Jul 26, 2021 ·
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Cumrun Vafa is a theoretical physicist at Harvard.
Timestamps
- 1:51 - Difference between math and physics
- 4:34 - Evolution of quantum mechanics
- 7:52 - Can mathematics lead humanity off track
- 8:51 - Beauty in mathematics
- 14:10 - Philosophers using symmetry
- 20:04 - How can ancient geometry be used to understand reality
- 23:16 - Key ideas in the history of physics
- 26:09 - Einstein's special relativity
- 29:46 - Physicists building intuition
- 37:44 - Best work by Einstein
- 39:28 - Quantum mechanics
- 49:30 - Quantum gravity
- 51:45 - String theory
- 1:07:54 - 10th Dimension
- 1:14:32 - Skepticism regarding string theory
- 1:25:37 - Key figures in string theory
- 1:29:56 - String Theory's Nobel Prize
- 1:33:01 - Edward Witten
- 1:41:39 - String Theory Landscape & Swamplands
- 1:50:29 - Theories of everything
- 2:04:55 - Advice for young people
- 2:07:57 - Death
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