Consider a Spherical Cow with Lara Anderson

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🗓️ 17 June 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

What is string theory, really? Why does it need extra dimensions? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice welcome theoretical physicist and mathematician Lara Anderson to guide us through string theory, higher dimensions, and finding a unifying theory of everything.

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0:00.0	So Brian Green is not the only string theorist in town.
0:03.0	I was not aware of this.
0:05.2	Leave it to Brian.
0:06.6	Is there room for more than one or another string theorist?
0:09.5	At the OK Corral.
0:10.6	Yeah.
0:11.8	All updates on string theory and how it connects to mathematics.
0:16.1	Multiple branches of it coming right up.
0:20.2	Welcome to StarTalk.
0:22.8	Your place in the universe where science and pop culture collide.
0:28.8	StarTalk begins right now.
0:34.2	This is StarTalk.
0:36.5	Neil deGrasse Tyson, you're a personal astrophysicist.
0:39.4	Got Chuck nice with me.
0:40.3	How you doing, Chuck?
0:40.8	Hey, I'm doing great, man, thanks.
0:41.9	All right, a comedian, actor.
0:43.8	Yeah.
0:44.4	You've seen a few TV commercials here and there.
0:46.6	Yeah, you know, listen, sometimes I have nothing to do.
0:50.2	Okay.
0:53.1	Well, today we've got a really cool topic that's always on everybody's mind everybody who cares
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