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261. Jim Al-Khalili on the Joy of Science

The Michael Shermer Show

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I'll Shell Ter No Bo Prize With You if You Help Me With the Math

Physicists tend to get more than their fair share of in it either. I think it's because physics touches on the deep questions about the nature of reality. It is, it's a sexier part of science than many er because somehow it's not cumbered by practical applications. And so people like you must get even more. People like my friend kipthorne at caltek. He gets them all the time. These aren't professional physicists like yourself that are actually trying to uni quantum physics and general relativity. But they've kind of thought through these words, and then they kind of structure. Well, here's what i think, you know, einstein was wrong

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