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World Science U Physicist Brian Greene takes you on a visual, conceptual, and mathematical exploration of Einstein’s spectacular insights into space, time, and energy. In just 11.5 hours, using nothing more advanced than high school algebra, journey from Einstein’s earliest musings on the speed of light to his startling realization that time can tick at different rates to his revolutionary discovery of the world’s most famous formula, E = mc^2.

This is a more in-depth and mathematical version of the WSU Master Class “Space, Time, and Einstein.” youtu.be/PWo5SnrrOU4

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Watch the class in full or view in segments via the chapter links below.

0:00 - Introduction
01:43 - Scale
05:46 - Speed
18:19 - The Speed of Light
27:39 - Units
33:28 - The Mathematics of Speed
44:24 - Relativity of Simultaneity
54:25 - Pitfalls: Relativity of Simultaneity
1:03:32 - Calculating the Time Difference
1:18:42 - Time in Motion
1:28:48 - How Fast Does Time Slow?
1:46:32 - The Mathematics of Slow Time
1:57:11 - Time Dilation Examples
2:10:51 - Time Dilation: Experimental Evidence
2:19:58 - The Reality of Past, Present, and Future
2:34:01 - Time Dilation: Intuitive Explanation
2:37:57 - Motion's Effect On Space
2:55:11 - Motion's Effect On Space: Mathematical Form
3:00:47 - Length Contraction: Travel of Proxima Centauri
3:07:46 - Length Contraction: Disintegrating Muons
3:12:00 - Length Contraction: Distant Spaceflight
3:18:54 - Length Contraction: Horizontal Light Clock In Motion
3:27:17 - Coordinates For Space
3:36:37 - Coordinates For Space: Rotation of Coordinate Frames
3:48:36 - Coordinates For Space: Translation of Coordinate Frames
3:53:10 - Coordinates for Time
4:07:12 - Coordinates in Motion
4:26:08 - Clocks in Motion: Examples
4:35:02 - Clocks in Motion: Length Expansion From Asynchronous Clocks
4:38:42 - Clocks in Motion: Bicycle Wheels
4:45:01 - Clocks in Motion: Temporal Order
4:54:35 - Clocks in Motion: How Observers Say the Other's Clock Runs Slow?
5:08:50 - The Lorentz Transformation
5:16:52 - The Lorentz Transformation: Relating Time Coordinates
5:26:10 - The Lorentz Transformation: Generalizations
5:33:18 - The Lorentz Transformation: The Big Picture Summary
5:47:37 - Lorentz Transformation: Moving Light Clock
5:54:39 - Lorentz Transformation: Future Baseball
6:02:35 - Lorentz Transformation: Speed of Light in a Moving Frame
6:08:43 - Lorentz Transformation: Sprinter
6:10:44 - Combining Velocities
6:17:46 - Combining Velocities: 3-Dimensions
6:27:45 - Combining Velocities: Example in 1D
6:30:23 - Combining Velocities: Example in 3D
6:36:34 - Spacetime Diagrams
6:50:35 - Spacetime Diagrams: Two Observers in Relative Motion
7:01:16 - Spacetime Diagrams: Essential Features
7:11:42 - Spacetime Diagrams: Demonstrations
7:15:23 - Lorentz Transformation: As An Exotic Rotation
7:27:26 - Reality of Past, Present, and Future: Mathematical Details
7:39:00 - Invariants
7:43:55 - Invariants: Spacetime Distance
7:54:25 - Invariants: Examples
7:59:19 - Cause and Effect: A Spacetime Invariant
8:12:40 - Cause and Effect: Same Place, Same Time
8:22:37 - Intuition and Time Dilation: Mathematical Approach
8:29:46 - The Pole in the Barn Paradox
8:43:51 - The Pole in the Barn: Quantitative Details
9:04:43 - The Pole in the Barn: Spacetime Diagrams
9:08:25 - Pole in the Barn: Lock the Doors
9:20:50 - The Twin Paradox
9:29:28 - The Twin Paradox: Without Acceleration
9:46:34 - The Twin Paradox: Spacetime Diagrams
9:53:12 - Twin Paradox: The Twins Communicate
10:06:34 - The Relativistic Doppler Effect
10:19:00 - Twin Paradox: The Twins Communicate Quantitative
10:30:17 - Implications of Mass
10:40:06 - Force and Energy
11:00:12 - Force and Energy: Relativistic Work and Kinetic Energy
11:07:24 - E=MC2
11:26:28 - Course Recap

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WSU: Special Relativity with Brian Greene

World Science U 2020-09-02 | Physicist Brian Greene takes you on a visual, conceptual, and mathematical exploration of Einstein’s spectacular insights into space, time, and energy. In just 11.5 hours, using nothing more advanced than high school algebra, journey from Einstein’s earliest musings on the speed of light to his startling realization that time can tick at different rates to his revolutionary discovery of the world’s most famous formula, E = mc^2.

This is a more in-depth and mathematical version of the WSU Master Class “Space, Time, and Einstein.” youtu.be/PWo5SnrrOU4

#WorldSciU

Watch the class in full or view in segments via the chapter links below.

0:00 - Introduction
01:43 - Scale
05:46 - Speed
18:19 - The Speed of Light
27:39 - Units
33:28 - The Mathematics of Speed
44:24 - Relativity of Simultaneity
54:25 - Pitfalls: Relativity of Simultaneity
1:03:32 - Calculating the Time Difference
1:18:42 - Time in Motion
1:28:48 - How Fast Does Time Slow?
1:46:32 - The Mathematics of Slow Time
1:57:11 - Time Dilation Examples
2:10:51 - Time Dilation: Experimental Evidence
2:19:58 - The Reality of Past, Present, and Future
2:34:01 - Time Dilation: Intuitive Explanation
2:37:57 - Motion's Effect On Space
2:55:11 - Motion's Effect On Space: Mathematical Form
3:00:47 - Length Contraction: Travel of Proxima Centauri
3:07:46 - Length Contraction: Disintegrating Muons
3:12:00 - Length Contraction: Distant Spaceflight
3:18:54 - Length Contraction: Horizontal Light Clock In Motion
3:27:17 - Coordinates For Space
3:36:37 - Coordinates For Space: Rotation of Coordinate Frames
3:48:36 - Coordinates For Space: Translation of Coordinate Frames
3:53:10 - Coordinates for Time
4:07:12 - Coordinates in Motion
4:26:08 - Clocks in Motion: Examples
4:35:02 - Clocks in Motion: Length Expansion From Asynchronous Clocks
4:38:42 - Clocks in Motion: Bicycle Wheels
4:45:01 - Clocks in Motion: Temporal Order
4:54:35 - Clocks in Motion: How Observers Say the Other's Clock Runs Slow?
5:08:50 - The Lorentz Transformation
5:16:52 - The Lorentz Transformation: Relating Time Coordinates
5:26:10 - The Lorentz Transformation: Generalizations
5:33:18 - The Lorentz Transformation: The Big Picture Summary
5:47:37 - Lorentz Transformation: Moving Light Clock
5:54:39 - Lorentz Transformation: Future Baseball
6:02:35 - Lorentz Transformation: Speed of Light in a Moving Frame
6:08:43 - Lorentz Transformation: Sprinter
6:10:44 - Combining Velocities
6:17:46 - Combining Velocities: 3-Dimensions
6:27:45 - Combining Velocities: Example in 1D
6:30:23 - Combining Velocities: Example in 3D
6:36:34 - Spacetime Diagrams
6:50:35 - Spacetime Diagrams: Two Observers in Relative Motion
7:01:16 - Spacetime Diagrams: Essential Features
7:11:42 - Spacetime Diagrams: Demonstrations
7:15:23 - Lorentz Transformation: As An Exotic Rotation
7:27:26 - Reality of Past, Present, and Future: Mathematical Details
7:39:00 - Invariants
7:43:55 - Invariants: Spacetime Distance
7:54:25 - Invariants: Examples
7:59:19 - Cause and Effect: A Spacetime Invariant
8:12:40 - Cause and Effect: Same Place, Same Time
8:22:37 - Intuition and Time Dilation: Mathematical Approach
8:29:46 - The Pole in the Barn Paradox
8:43:51 - The Pole in the Barn: Quantitative Details
9:04:43 - The Pole in the Barn: Spacetime Diagrams
9:08:25 - Pole in the Barn: Lock the Doors
9:20:50 - The Twin Paradox
9:29:28 - The Twin Paradox: Without Acceleration
9:46:34 - The Twin Paradox: Spacetime Diagrams
9:53:12 - Twin Paradox: The Twins Communicate
10:06:34 - The Relativistic Doppler Effect
10:19:00 - Twin Paradox: The Twins Communicate Quantitative
10:30:17 - Implications of Mass
10:40:06 - Force and Energy
11:00:12 - Force and Energy: Relativistic Work and Kinetic Energy
11:07:24 - E=MC2
11:26:28 - Course Recap

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WSU Master Class: The Past and Future of Unification with Robbert Dijkgraaf

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WSU Master Class: The Edges of the Universe with Andrew Strominger

World Science U 2021-10-19 | Breakthrough Prize winner Andrew Strominger and string theorist Cumrun Vafa formulated the origin of black hole entropy. Join Strominger for an overview of how string theory has allowed us to understand how, and where, black holes store information.

This lecture was recorded on May 31, 2015, at the World Science Festival in New York City.

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WSU Master Class: Loop Quantum Gravity with Carlo Rovelli

World Science U 2021-10-15 | Carlo Rovelli is the discoverer of a theory that attempts to bridge the divide between quantum mechanics and general relativity. Join him as he gives a detailed overview of loop quantum gravity.

This lecture was recorded on May 31, 2015, at the World Science Festival in New York City.

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WSU Master Class: The Black Hole Information Paradox with Samir Mathur

World Science U 2021-10-12 | String theorist Samir Mathur has been working for years to resolve the apparent violation of conservation of information that arises from the quantum nature of black holes. He has developed a radical solution to the so-called information paradox.

This lecture was recorded on May 31, 2015, at the World Science Festival in New York City.

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WSU Master Class: Foundations of Understanding and Combating Cancer with Harold Varmus

World Science U 2021-10-08 | Nobel Laureate Harold Varmus illuminates the importance of genes and mutations to the development and treatment of cancer. Learn how precision medicine reveals new treatments and explore immunotherapy and how CRISPR is advancing research. #WorldSciU

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WSU Master Class: Inflationary Cosmology with Alan Guth

World Science U 2021-10-05 | Breakthrough Prize winner Alan Guth developed the theory of inflation to answer to our cosmic origins. It's one of the most studied and debated theories in cosmology, with research propelling Guth’s work to the forefront of scientific conversation.

In this Master Class, Professor Guth addresses what experiments could potentially rule out the BICEP2 results. Since recording this in 2017, the Planck spacecraft collected the data that Professor Guth anticipated, which shows that the initial observations were likely an artifact of interstellar dust, not primordial gravitational waves.

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WSU Master Class: Big Brains, Small Brains with Suzana Herculano-Houzel

World Science U 2021-10-01 | Pioneer Suzana Herculano-Houzel discusses the challenges and solutions of comparing brain size and function across species and shares her groundbreaking insights into the uniqueness, or lack thereof, of the human brain. #WorldSciU

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WSU Master Class: Universe or Multiverse? with Andrei Linde

World Science U 2021-02-17 | Theoretical physicist and Kavli Prize winner Andrei Linde was responsible for proposing the ideas of an inflationary multiverse and eternal inflation. Join Linde’s course on the evolution of these ideas and what the future of cosmology holds.

This lecture was recorded on June 2, 2017, at the World Science Festival in New York City.

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WSU Master Class: From Chemistry to Living Materials: Matter & Sound with Markus Buehler

World Science U 2021-02-17 | Professor Markus Buehler discusses how scientists can design new proteins that can revolutionize materials engineering, through manipulating vibrations that have been changed from matter into sound and from sound back into matter.

This lecture was recorded on November 13, 2019, at the World Science Festival in New York City.

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WSU Master Class: Mathematics, The Language of Nature with Edward Frenkel Course

World Science U 2021-02-02 | Join mathematician Edward Frenkel as he discusses how the elegant mathematical formulation of symmetry has been used throughout math and physics and could, through the Langlands program, give rise to a grand unified theory of mathematics.

This lecture was recorded on May 31, 2014, at the World Science Festival in New York City.

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WSU Master Class: Illuminating Black Holes with Veronika Hubeny

World Science U 2021-01-13 | Theoretical physicist Veronika Hubeny explores the fundamental nature of spacetime using the gauge/gravity duality in order to develop a deeper understanding of black holes and their mysterious links to quantum information theory.

This lecture was recorded on June 2, 2017 at the World Science Festival in New York City.

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WSU Master Class: New Ideas About Dark Matter with Justin Khoury

World Science U 2020-11-20 | Physicist Justin Khoury explores how quantum effects in dark matter could produce non-Newtonian gravitational force within and between galaxies, ultimately providing a hypothesis for how the observed structure of the universe might have arisen. #WorldSciU

This lecture was recorded on June 3, 2016 at the World Science Festival in New York City.

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WSU Master Class: How Black Holes Became Real with Priyamvada Natarajan

World Science U 2020-11-10 | Astrophysicist Priyamvada Natarajan explains the science of supermassive black holes from their birth to how they impact the development of their galaxies. Explore the cutting-edge research being done to better understand these phenomena. #WorldSciU

This lecture was recorded on June 3, 2016 at the World Science Festival in New York City.

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WSU Master Class: Synthetic Biology’s Industrial Revolution with Drew Endy

World Science U 2020-11-05 | Bioengineer Drew Endy explores how synthetic biology has the potential to solve major problems in the environment, energy, medicine, and more. Investigate how biology can provide enough for humanity and nature as we get better at engineering living matter. #WorldSciU

This lecture was filmed on June 4, 2016 at the World Science Festival in New York City.

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WSU Master Class: History and Mysteries of The Universe with Max Tegmark

World Science U 2020-10-28 | Max Tegmark, cosmologist and Professor of Physics at MIT, delivers a comprehensive look at the study of our universe, examining both the origin of our cosmos and the infinite questions waiting to be answered. #WorldSciU

This lecture was filmed on May 31, 2014 at the World Science Festival in New York City.

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WSU: Brain Machine Interfaces with Miguel Nicolelis

World Science U 2020-10-20 | Pioneering neuroscientist Miguel Nicolelis investigates how brains encode sensory and motor information. His groundbreaking work demonstrates that animals and humans can use their electrical brain activity to control neuroprosthetic devices with Brain Machine Interfaces and collaborate synchronistically. #WorldSciU

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WSU Master Class: From Chemistry to Life with Dimitar Sasselov

World Science U 2020-10-13 | What are scientists looking for when searching for alien life? Could alien life develop in unimaginable ways? Astronomer and the founding director of Harvard’s Origins of Life Initiative Dimitar Sasselov looks outside our solar system to examine the physical and chemical phenomenon of life.

This lecture was recorded on May 30, 2015 at the World Science Festival in New York City

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WSU Master Class: The Monster at the Heart of our Galaxy with Andrea Ghez

World Science U 2020-10-07 | 2020 Nobel Laureate astrophysicist Andrea Ghez describes her search for the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way, and the role of black holes in the formation and evolution of galaxies. Watch the master class or take the full course. #WorldSciU

This lecture was recorded on June 1, 2018 at the World Science Festival in New York City.

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WSU: Accelerate, Collide, Detect with Barry Barish

World Science U 2020-10-01 | Particle physics is a vibrant field entering into a period of profound discoveries. Nobel Laureate Barry Barish explores particle physics and examines the future of particle accelerators for pushing the limits of physics.

This lecture was recorded on June 3, 2016 at the World Science Festival in New York City

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WSU: The Dark Side of the Universe with Michael Turner

World Science U 2020-09-22 | Theoretical cosmologist Michael Turner, who coined the term "dark energy,” explores how the combination of cosmology and particle physics will help us understand the origin and evolution of the universe. #WorldSciU

This lecture was recorded on June 1, 2014 at the World Science Festival in New York City

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WSU: Free Will and Neuroscience with Alfred Mele

World Science U 2020-09-11 | Has neuroscience all but disproved the existence of free will? Philosopher Alfred Mele argues that free will is still alive and well as he critically analyzes experimental data. #WorldSciU

This lecture was recorded on May 30, 2015 at the World Science Festival in New York City.

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WSU: Gravitational Waves | Einstein’s Astrophysical Messengers with Gabriela González

World Science U 2020-09-03 | Gabriela González guides you through the ground-based experiments LIGO uses to search for gravitational waves. Learn about the detection process and what mysteries they hope to solve about our universe.

On September 14, 2015, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory detected a gravitational wave for the first time. Just a few months before this groundbreaking discovery, physicist and former LIGO Scientific Collaboration spokesperson Gabriela González describes how the search for gravitational waves has been conducted and what mysteries scientists hope to solve about our universe. This lecture was recorded on May 31, 2015 at the World Science Festival in New York City."

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WSU: Oceans in Peril with Sylvia Earle

World Science U 2020-08-26 | Explore the challenges facing our oceans today, and why we should care. From industrial fishing to pollution to climate change, the damage to the seas risks becoming irreversible. Learn how we can still make a difference. #WorldSciU

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WSU: Exploring the Warped Universe with Nergis Mavalvala

World Science U 2020-08-18 | On September 14, 2015, the LIGO gravitational wave detectors made the first confirmed detection of a gravitational wave. Join physicist Nergis Mavalvala as she takes you on an incredible journey from LIGO’s humble beginnings to its groundbreaking discovery.

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WSU: Exploring Our Humanity with Lee Berger

World Science U 2020-08-12 | Explorer and paleoanthropologist Lee Berger is best known for his discoveries of Homo naledi and Australopithecus sediba, two human-like ancestors. Join him on this exploration as he explains the science behind these unprecedented findings. #WorldSciU

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WSU: Fundamental Lessons from String Theory with Cumrun Vafa

World Science U 2020-08-12 | Cumrun Vafa, together with fellow world-renowned string theorist Andrew Strominger, developed a new way to calculate black hole entropy in the language of string theory. Follow Vafa as he guides you through some of the more incredible things we have learned since string theory’s inception. #WorldSciU

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Basics of Space - 00:22:07

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Brian Greene World Science U Live Q+A

World Science U 2020-07-24 | Watch the replay of Brian Greene's first live WSU Q+A session where he took questions on a variety of subjects including relativity, quantum, the cosmos and his WSU course, Space, Time and Einstein.

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WSU: Space, Time, and Einstein with Brian Greene

World Science U 2020-07-22 | Join Brian Greene, acclaimed physicist and author, on a wild ride into the mind of Albert Einstein, revealing deep aspects of the world that defy everyday experience. Using a visually rich canvas of animations, Greene leads you through all the startling conclusions of special relativity, from time travel to space warps to E = mc2. In the span of 2+ hours, this short master class will change your conception of reality.

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The Special Theory of Relativity - 00:05
Speed - 00:05:50
The Speed of Light - 00:18:23
Relativity of Simultaneity - 00:27:42
Time in Motion - 00:37:42
How Fast Does Time Slow? - 00:47:49
Time Dilation: Experimental Evidence - 01:05:31
The Reality of Past, Present, and Future - 01:14:37
Time Dilation: Intuitive Explanation - 01:28:38
Motion's Effect on Space - 01:32:34
The Pole in the Barn: Quantitative Details - 01:49:48
The Twin Paradox - 02:10:39
Implications for Mass - 02:19:17
Special Relativity - 02:29:06

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WSU: 100 Years of Gravitational Waves with Rai Weiss

World Science U 2020-07-22 | Nobel laureate Rai Weiss is best known as one of the original creators of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO). Join him as he explores the history of this amazing project and the technology that made it a reality. #WorldSciU

This lecture was filmed on May 30, 2015 at the World Science Festival in New York City.

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From Einstein to LIGO - 00:00:05

Turning a Thought Experiment into Reality - 00:20:04

LIGO's Success - 00:38:54

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WSU: Nature’s Constituents with Maria Spiropulu

World Science U 2020-07-22 | With the discovery of the Higgs particle in 2013, the Standard Model came closer to being a complete theory. Maria Spiropulu, Professor of Physics at the California Institute of Technology, examines the robustness of the Standard Model, and takes a look at the future of particle physics. #WorldSciU

This lecture was recorded on May 31, 2014 at the World Science Festival in New York City.

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The Standard Model - 00:00:05

Quantum Mixing - 00:14:51

The LHC and the Higgs - 00:28:34

Origins & Connections - 00:44:03

Beyond the Higgs - 00:55:10

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WSU: The Accelerating Universe with Adam Riess

World Science U 2020-07-22 | Nobel laureate Adam Riess walks you through his team’s incredible discovery of dark energy and our accelerating universe. Explore one of the biggest mysteries in modern cosmology. #WorldSciU

This lecture was filmed on May 30, 2015 at the World Science Festival in New York City.

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The Expanding Universe - 00:00:04

Cosmic Deceleration - 00:14:48

Searching for Supernovae - 00:22:36

Dark Energy - 00:43:20

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WSU: The Biology of Consciousness with Christof Koch

World Science U 2020-07-22 | How can we experimentally probe consciousness? Neuroscientist Christof Koch guides you through the research he conducts at the Allen Institute for Brain Science. #WorldSciU

This lecture was recorded on May 30, 2015 at the World Science Festival in New York City.

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The Puzzle of Consciousness - 00:14:15

Modern Understanding of Consciousness - 00:27:32

The Neural Correlates of Consciousness - 00:

Integrated Information Theory - 00:41:21

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What happens if no evidence in support of string theory is found?

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Can the Large Hadron Collider directly probe string theory?

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What is the most important achievement of string theory?

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Could it be that either quantum mechanics or general relativity is wrong?

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In Quantum Mechanics, can something be in two places at the same time?

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Who discovered string theory?

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What is M-theory?

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What are the candidates for a unified theory?

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Have physicists developed mathematical theories that connect dark matter and dark energy?

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How many candidate shapes are there for the extra dimensions in string theory?

World Science U 2019-06-21 | How many candidate shapes are there for the extra dimensions in string theory?

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If the universe is spatially infinite, what can we say about reality...

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Have theorists predicted particles that were later found experimentally?

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According to the big bang, can you give a thumbnail sketch of how the universe has evolved?

World Science U 2018-05-11 | According to the big bang, can you give a thumbnail sketch of how the universe has evolved?

What features of particle physics lead you to pursue a unified theory?

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Who was Newton?

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What is General Relativity?

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