The Mathematical Language of Nature
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Scientific American
4.2 • 644 Ratings
🗓️ 24 September 2019
⏱️ 35 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Ah, Benny's parents, thanks for coming. |
| 0:02.3 | Hiya. |
| 0:02.9 | So, Benny has really blossomed this term. |
| 0:05.6 | You're telling me, he outgrew his bike. We sold it, on eBay. |
| 0:09.6 | Oh, that's not quite what I meant. |
| 0:11.1 | It's free to sell on there? |
| 0:12.3 | Free to sell? |
| 0:13.4 | Easy too. Sold Benny's bike, your guitar, my jacket. |
| 0:16.8 | You sold my guitar? |
| 0:19.9 | Shall we talk about Benning? |
| 0:22.1 | When it's this easy to sell for free, you can't help but say when it's eBay. |
| 0:26.7 | Things people love. T's and Cs apply, exclusive vehicles. |
| 0:30.9 | Welcome to Scientific American Science Talk posted on September 24th, 2019. |
| 0:37.3 | I'm Steve Merski. |
| 0:38.8 | On this episode... |
| 0:39.7 | It's very common now to hear really smart people say, |
| 0:42.0 | well, string theory, that's a dead end. |
| 0:44.0 | I just don't think that's the view of many of those experts. |
| 0:47.8 | I say again, you know, ultimately nature will be the judge. |
| 0:51.3 | That's physics historian Graham Farmerlo. |
| 0:53.6 | Longtime listeners may recall hearing |
| 0:56.0 | him talk about his Paul Dirac biography, The Strangest Man, and the subsequent Churchill's |
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