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Into the Impossible With Brian Keating

Jorge Cham & Daniel Whiteson: Frequently Asked Questions About The Universe ​(#192)

Into the Impossible With Brian Keating

Brian Keating

Science, Physics, Natural Sciences

4.71.1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 November 2021

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

You’ve got questions: about space, time, gravity, and the odds of meeting your older self inside a wormhole. All the answers you need are right here. From the dynamic duo that brought you WE HABE NO IDEA comes FAQs ABOUT THE UNIVERSE!!! As a species, we may not agree on much, but one thing brings us all together: a need to know. We all wonder, and deep down we all have the same big questions. Why can’t I travel back in time? Where did the universe come from? What’s inside a black hole? Can I rearrange the particles in my cat and turn it into a dog? Researcher-turned-cartoonist Jorge Cham and physics professor Daniel Whiteson are experts at explaining science in ways we can all understand, in their books and on their popular podcast, Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe. With their signature blend of humor and oh-now-I-get-it clarity, Jorge and Daniel offer short, accessible, and lighthearted answers to some of the most common, most outrageous, and most profound questions about the universe they’ve received. This witty, entertaining, and fully illustrated book is an essential troubleshooting guide for the perplexing aspects of reality, big and small, from the invisible particles that make up your body to the identical version of you currently reading this exact sentence in the corner of some other galaxy. If the universe came with an FAQ, this would be it. Get Frequently Asked Questions About The Universe here (affiliate link): https://amzn.to/3GHeDBT Watch my last Interview with PhD Comics Jorge Cham and UC Irvine Professor Daniel Whiteson about WE HAVE NO IDEA https://youtu.be/BPez26atdKY LinkedIn Jobs is the best platform for finding the right candidate to join your business this fall. It’s the largest marketplace for job seekers in the world, and it has great search features so that you can find candidates with any hard or soft skills that you need. And now, you can post a job for free. Just visit linkedin.com/impossible to post a job for free. Audible is hands-down my favorite platform for consuming podcasts, fiction and nonfiction books! With an Audible membership, you can download titles and listen offline, anytime, anywhere. The Audible app is free and can be installed on all smartphones and tablets. You can listen across devices without losing your spot. Audible members don’t have to worry about using their credits right away. You can keep your credits for up to a year—and use them to binge on a whole series if you’d like! And if you’re not loving your selection, you can simply swap it for another. Start your free 30-day trial today: Audible.com/impossible or text “impossible” to 500-500 00:26:31 How do you come up with the questions and ideas for your books and podcasts? 00:31:20 How do you approach depicting things that are still not understood? 00:36:25 Why ask why? Is that science? 00:38:39 How do you approach guests on your podcast? 00:42:38 Comments on the latest in particle physics. 00:47:33 What's the future of PhD Comics? 📺 Watch my most popular videos:📺 A New Contender is Here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6A6myur--c Frank Wilczek https://youtu.be/3z8RqKMQHe0?sub_confirmation=1 Weinstein and Wolfram https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OI0AZ4Y4Ip4?sub_confirmation=1 Sheldon Glashow: https://youtu.be/a0_iaWgxQtA?sub_confirmation=1 Michael Saylor The Physics of Bitcoin https://youtu.be/CaN_CDKqXOg?sub_confirmation=1 Sir Roger Penrose, Nobel Prize winner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMuqyAvX7Wo?sub_confirmation=1 Be my friend: 🏄‍♂️ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrBrianKeating 🔔 Subscribe https://www.youtube.com/DrBrianKeating?sub_confirmation=1 ✍️Detailed Blog posts here: https://briankeating.com/blog.php 🎙️Listen on audio-only platforms: https://briankeating.com/podcast.php Please contact [email protected] to learn more about sponsoring Into the Impossible. A production of http://imagination.ucsd.edu/ Support the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/drbriankeating Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

0:07.0

And we are here today, my friends Jorge Cham, Daniel Weitzen, for their second book.

0:15.0

Their second book is a phenomenal book.

0:18.0

It is called, Frequently Asked Questions

0:21.0

Whoa, about the universe. and it's lovingly and tenderly illustrated by

0:27.4

Daniel I believe right Daniel you're the illustrator for all these

0:30.3

things yeah but I farmed it all out to Jorge.

0:33.7

That's right.

0:35.7

Jorge has as of course.

0:37.7

I'm an out source.

0:38.7

Yeah, you're doing the job that Daniel doesn't want to, you know, a big shot professor, right?

0:45.0

What are you going to do?

0:47.0

So guys, I followed your meteoric rise for many years, your story and legend are well known. Actually you were some I think you

0:54.7

were my first two kind of legitimate book guests for a book release. We did a

1:00.2

podcast for Into the Impossible way back in 2018 and you guys were on for your first

1:05.8

book we have no idea and then you came to San Diego and we did a live event with you

1:20.0

Cliff Johnson of USC, I think Physics Girl was there as well as yours truly, and that was a wonderful event.

1:22.0

And I want to thank you for returning coming back on the show and I've been on your show and I do just have the utmost delight whenever a new episode of your podcast drops explain the universe but

1:36.7

today we're gonna talk about frequency frequently asked questions facts

1:40.1

about the universe first question guys your book, we have no idea.

1:44.6

Why should we trust you now?

1:46.5

Yeah, we sit ourselves up for not having a sequel.

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