The Power of Math

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Math can tell us things that we as physicists cannot grasp because it doesn't make sense to us. So how far can we let the math go before that stops to make sense, right? And I don't know what the answer is to that. But it's really cool that because math doesn't have, it's not limited by physical nature, it can probably go a little bit further than the physics. Yeah. Math can go into more dimensions than four dimensions comfortably. The front is the... Before the Big Bang. Oh, before the big bang. Okay. What's the front in the back? What's the fronts of galaxies and stars when they were first created? They're all

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(00:00) – Introduction
(05:26) – First elements
(12:35) – Milky Way
(16:11) – Alien worlds
(19:16) – Protogalaxies
(24:29) – Black holes
(29:27) – Stellar archeology
(38:42) – Oldest stars
(46:32) – Metal-poor stars
(1:02:05) – Neutron capture
(1:07:01) – Neutron stars
(1:12:30) – Dwarf galaxies
(1:17:10) – Star observation
(1:45:27) – James Webb Space Telescope
(1:51:17) – Future of space observation
(1:54:26) – Age of the universe
(2:07:34) – Most beautiful idea in astronomy
(2:11:23) – Advice for young people
(2:20:17) – Meaning of life