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Cosmic Queries – The Science of Invisibility with Greg Gbur

Apr 25, 2023

47:29

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Introduction

2min

The Psychology of Billionaires

2min

The History and Science of How Not to Be Seen

2min

The Importance of Transparency in Talks

2min

The Principles of Making an Invisibility Cloak

2min

The Metamaterial Revolution

2min

The Importance of Invisibility

2min

The History of Metamaterial Theory

2min

The Invisibility of Cloaking

3min

10.

How to Go Invisible on Cosmic Queries

4min

11.

The Challenges of Invisibility

2min

12.

The Invisibility of Light

2min

13.

The Problem With Invisibility Cloaks

2min

14.

How to Make Yourself Invisible

2min

15.

The History and Science of Invisibility

2min

16.

The Science of Invisibility in the Avengers

2min

17.

Invisibility in Sony's Fiction

4min

18.

How to Make White People Laugh

2min

19.

How to Make an Invisibility Cloak

2min

20.

The Interaction Between Light and Matter

4min

21.

The Advantages of X-Rays

2min

22.

How to Light a Room in Such a Way That Everything in It Is Black and White

3min

23.

How to Do Instagram Filters in Real Life

4min

Can you make something invisible? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Negin Farsad discover the science behind invisibility with professor of physics and optical science, Greg Gbur. What would real-life invisibility look like?

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Photo Credit: Kelvinsong, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

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