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What the Universe is Made of - Dr. John G. Williamson and Arnie Benn, Quantum Bicycle Society

Feb 16, 2023
02:40:44

Dr. John G. Williamson and Arnie Benn are core members of the Quantum Bicycle Society, a collaborative group scientists who aims to build better models for everything from quantum mechanics to the cosmos. Williamson began the project with his colleague Dr. Martin van der Mark after a disillusioning stint at CERN, where he was confronted by the massive discrepancies between experimental results and the predictions of quantum chromodynamics. We talk the nature of the electron, the ur-stuff from which everything is made, misconceptions about the proton, alternative explanations for cosmic microwave background radiation, and more.


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The Quicycle Website: https://quicycle.com/

Interactive Periodic Table: https://quicycle.com/periodic-table/

Arnie's spin talk: https://quicycle.com/video/qv0112-arnie-benn-the-physics-of-sub-quantum-spin/

Arnie Benn’s music: https://www.youtube.com/@dozerstd

John's on reconciling the wave/particle duality: https://quicycle.com/video/qv0007-john-g-williamson-unifying-the-electrons-particle-wave-natures/


Our Material Atomics animation of Spin 1/2: https://youtu.be/CWjGO8sukpA


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(00:00:00) Go!

(00:05:15) Commensurate shapes

(00:17:34) What is physics?

(00:25:36) Data manipulation

(00:32:58) Bodies or Events?

(00:46:17) Inverse time

(00:54:04) Atomic structure

(01:03:28) Visuals

(01:04:26) Implications of the Electron Distribution Function

(01:11:22) Cosmological Red Shift

(01:29:14) Electron Spin

(01:42:13) What is a Proton?

(01:53:46) Is there a void inside the atom?

(02:04:56) Spin & charge

(02:09:51) The Scientific Method

(02:27:48) Engineering vs Technology

(02:33:49) The Culture War

(02:40:07) Closing thoughts


#physics       #atomic       #quantum                        


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AND our material science investigations of atomics,  @MaterialAtomics   https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics


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PODCAST INFO:  Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Michael Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. 


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