Jim ahalili is the distinguished professor of theoretical physics at the university of surrey, and one of briton's best known science communicators. In this conversation about his new book, again, it's called the joy of science,. We tackle some of the big questions, like, what is gravity? Is the universe mathematical? Are we living in a simulation? Is there place for god in scientific epistemology? String theory, the multiverse, the origins of the universe, consciousness? And are there mysteries that cannot, even in principle, be solved because of the limitations of our brains and cognition?

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