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Cosmic Queries – Understanding Infinity with Stephon Alexander

Apr 11, 2023

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Episode notes

Introduction

2min

The Secret Link Between Music and the Structure of the Universe

2min

The Existential Anxiety of Infinity

2min

The Infinite Number

2min

The Importance of Asymptote

2min

The Asymptote and the Divination by Zero

2min

The Black Hole

2min

The Schwarzschild Solution and the Black Hole

2min

The Infinite Reality of Physics

2min

10.

The Limit of the Universe

2min

11.

FanDuel: The Official Partner of Major League Baseball

2min

12.

How to Make White People Laugh

2min

13.

The Problem With Quantum Physics

2min

14.

The Singularity of a Black Hole

2min

15.

The Infinite Universe

1min

16.

The Escalator Metaphor

2min

17.

The Infinite Universe

2min

18.

Can String Theory Be Represented by Music?

2min

19.

The Infinities of String Theory

2min

20.

How to Make Home Cooking Easy and Affordable

3min

21.

The Infinity Edition With Stefan Alexander

3min

22.

The Infinities and Quantum Mechanics

2min

23.

How to Reconcile This Gap With Research and Artistic Expression Through Jazz Music

2min

24.

What Is Quantum Loop Gravity?

1min

25.

The Silence of Space Time

2min

26.

The Importance of Space Time

2min

27.

The Infinite Space Time Metric

2min

28.

Neil Lagrass Tyson on the Infinity Edition

2min

What is infinity? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Negin Farsad explore whether we are in a finite universe, the issues with infinity, string theory, and more with theoretical physicist Stephon Alexander.

https://startalkmedia.com/show/cosmic-queries-understanding-infinity-with-stephon-alexander/

Thanks to our Patrons Ken Duffy, Austin Newman, Melvin Guerra, MirandaJanell, and Jeff from Titan for supporting us this week.

Photo Credit: Ute Kraus, Physics education group Kraus, Universität Hildesheim, Space Time Travel, (background image of the milky way: Axel Mellinger), CC BY-SA 2.0 DE, via Wikimedia Commons

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