Stephen Wolfram Q&A, For Kids (and others) [March 26, 2021]

1

Introduction

00:00 • 2min

2

Physicists Use Certain Methods and They Get It Right

02:07 • 4min

3

Catastrophe Theory

06:35 • 2min

4

Parabola Reflectors and Paraboloids

08:41 • 3min

5

What Is Caustic?

11:41 • 2min

6

The Pure Mathematics of Catastrophe Theory

13:20 • 2min

7

Pure Mathematics Is Applied to Modeling the Natural World

15:44 • 4min

8

Quantitative Change Leads to Qualitative Change

19:59 • 2min

9

The Optic Nerve

22:19 • 3min

10

How Many Nerve Fibres Are There in Alpha Nerves?

25:33 • 4min

11

Smell Matters

29:33 • 2min

12

Is There a Spectrum of Possible Textures?

31:50 • 2min

13

What Are Aeroplanes Going to Be Good For?

33:57 • 2min

14

What's the Point of a Communication Satellite?

36:27 • 3min

15

The Problem Is, Satellite's That Far Away

39:26 • 2min

16

What Can You Do With Space?

40:57 • 3min

17

Is Space Going to Be Good For?

44:02 • 3min

18

Radio Telescopes

47:28 • 4min

19

Rocket Launches in Europe?

51:53 • 3min

20

The Amusing Idea of High Altitude Drones

54:26 • 2min

21

A Question About Atomic Clocks

56:39 • 2min

22

Using Quantum Mechanics to Detect Gravity

59:01 • 2min