Clifford Will and Nicolas Yunes: Is Einstein Still Right? (#092)

Into the Impossible With Brian Keating

Brian Keating

Physics, Natural Sciences, Science

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🗓️ 13 November 2020

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Albert Einstein is often viewed as the icon of #genius, and his theories are admired for their beauty and correctness. Yet the final judge of any theory is the rigorous test of experiment, not the fame of its inventor or the allure of its mathematics. For decades, general relativity has passed test after test with flying colors, including some remarkable new tests using the recently detected gravitational waves. Still, there are reasons for doubt. Einstein’s theory of gravity, as beautiful as it is, seems to be in direct contradiction with another theory he helped create: quantum mechanics. Until recently, this was considered to be a purely academic affair. But as more and more data pour in from the most distant corners of the universe, hinting at bizarre stuff called “dark energy” and “dark matter,” some scientists have begun to explore the possibility that Einstein’s theory may not provide a complete picture of the cosmos. This book chronicles the latest adventures of scientists as they put Einstein’s theory to the test in ever more precise and astonishing ways, and in ever more extreme situations, when gravity is unfathomably intense and rapidly churning. From the explosions of neutron stars and the collisions of black holes to the modern scientific process as a means to seek truth and understanding in the cosmos, this book takes the reader on a journey of learning and discovery that has been 100 years in the making. Brian Keating’s most popular Youtube Videos: Eric Weinstein: https://youtu.be/YjsPb3kBGnk?sub_confirmation=1 Jim Simons: https://youtu.be/6fr8XOtbPqM?sub_confirmation=1 Noam Chomsky: https://youtu.be/Iaz6JIxDh6Y?sub_confirmation=1 Sabine Hossenfelder: https://youtu.be/V6dMM2-X6nk?sub_confirmation=1 Sarah Scoles: https://youtu.be/apVKobWigMw Stephen Wolfram: https://youtu.be/nSAemRxzmXM Host Brian Keating: ‍♂️ Twitter at https://twitter.com/DrBrianKeating Instagram at https://instagram.com/DrBrianKeating Buy my book LOSING THE NOBEL PRIZE: http://amzn.to/2sa5UpA Subscribe for more great content https://www.youtube.com/DrBrianKeating?sub_confirmation=1 ✍️Detailed Blog posts here: https://briankeating.com/blog.php Join my mailing list: http://briankeating.com/mailing_list.php Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	and it's not water down
0:03.2	but it's not intimidatingly technical.
0:05.5	There are no equations in the entire book.
0:07.6	And the most delightful part of the book
0:09.0	is really seeing the perspective of a young person,
0:12.2	in this case Nico Eunice, in conversation with an older gentleman who happens to be Cliff Will and getting their perspectives, very disparate, but united in the kind of magic that is Einstein and in some sense his unfinished
0:27.7	quest still continues and we're still revealing some of the truths of what you would say is maybe his finished quest,
0:33.8	maybe his finest quest, which was general relativity. Sit back, enjoy the ride
0:38.6	into the impossible today. Please do me a favor. Just go down in your podcast catcher where are you listening to this,
0:45.2	rate the into the impossible podcast, give it any kind of writing you desire, and leave a review,
0:50.8	and please check out their book. Is Einstein still right? Welcome to
0:56.1	into the impossible. Any sufficient advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
1:09.3	Welcome everybody to this edition of Pandemic Podcasting as part of the Arthur C. Clark Center for Human
1:15.1	Imagination. I am your fearful host, Professor Brian Keating, co-director of the Arthur
1:20.2	C. Clark Center for Human Imagination. And today it's a treat to have not only two
1:25.1	fellow physicists, but two incredibly engaging, interesting, and fascinating authors of a wonderful new book called Is Einstein Still Right?
1:37.2	And so we'll be talking about that book most of today, but I'm also going to take this
1:40.7	opportunity because how often do I get a chance to talk to
1:43.3	luminaries such as Nico Eunice and Clifford Will, who are my guest today.
1:48.0	And I want to talk to them about some topics that I've had been discussing on the
1:52.0	into the impossible podcast a lot lately including
1:55.3	Einstein so I've had on this is now the third podcast just dedicated to Einstein
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