Welcome to this episode of Into the Impossible from the Arthur C. Clark Center for Human

Imagination at the University of California San Diego. In this episode a

UCSD physics professor Brian Heating interviews professor and author Matthew Stanley. Physics Professor

Professor Matthew Stanley. Professor and author Matthew Stanley. Professor Stanley teaches and researches the history and philosophy of science

at NYU's Galatin School of Individualized Study.

He holds degrees in astronomy, religion, physics, and the history

of science, and is interested in the connections between science and the wider culture.

He's the author of Einstein's War, how relativity triumphed amid the vicious nationalism of

World War I, the story of how pacifism and friendship led to a scientific revolution.

And now into the impossible.

Today it's my pleasure to welcome my friend and fellow physicist and a

seeker of scientific knowledge and wisdom and things beyond, Professor

Matthew Stanley of New York University on the Arthur

C. Clark Centers into the Impossible Podcast, which is a production of the Arthur C. Clark Center.

We've been having such events and podcasts for the last few years now,

and I invite everybody to check us out at Imagination.

UCSD. EDU.

But today I want to learn from my friend and colleague

about his newest contribution to scientific literature and popular scientific literature and

also talk a little bit about his endeavors in popularization of science

namely his best-selling podcast, which is called What the If, and I want to get into that later towards the end, we refer our listeners to obtain more information about you.

So first of all, welcome Matt and congratulations on the upcoming release of Einstein's

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