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The Mystery at the Heart of Physics That Only Math Can Solve

The Quanta Podcast

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The Problem With Infinity

Infinity exists as a concept, not as anything experiments can ever measure. It also makes the theories hard to work with mathematically. We don't like having a framework that spells out infinity. So you start realizing that it's something that you need a better mathematical understanding of what's going on.

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