

20: Sir Roger Penrose - Plotting the Twist of Einstein’s Legacy
Jan 25, 2020
Sir Roger Penrose, an important descendant of Albert Einstein's school of geometric physics, discusses his view on Twistor Theory and its prospects for unification. The podcast explores topics such as history of understanding the universe, the elusive genius Dirac and his contributions to quantum mechanics, knots and spin in relation to the periodic table, visual and auditory illusions, the relationship between topological knottedness and waves, the concept of light cone and its relationship to the Twister Theorem, intellectual carnage caused by string theory, loop quantum gravity, and supersymmetry, and the significance of sticking with physics.
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Introduction
00:00 • 4min
Understanding the Universe: History, Changes, and Pursuing Cosmology
04:04 • 5min
Supervisors, Friendship, and Sponsor Ads
08:44 • 3min
Dirac: The elusive genius
11:48 • 11min
Rotating Wheels, Higher Dimensions, and the Dirac Scissors Problem
23:07 • 4min
Knots, Spin, and the Periodic Table
27:31 • 20min
Visual and Auditory Illusions: Exploring Flatness and Three-Dimensionality
47:19 • 2min
Exploring Alternate Versions of Physics History and the Atia Singer Index Theorem
49:05 • 3min
The Relationship Between Topological Knottedness and Waves
51:44 • 19min
The Concept of Light Cone and its Relationship to the Twister Theorem
01:10:34 • 18min
Differentiable Structures and LIGroups
01:28:34 • 17min
The Intellectual Carnage of String Theory, Loop Quantum Gravity, and Supersymmetry in Theoretical Physics
01:45:38 • 20min
Mathematics, Curvature, Spinners, and Dirac's Equation
02:06:01 • 8min
Unveiling the Hidden Connections
02:14:00 • 6min
Exploring Einstein Manifolds and the Importance of Sticking with Physics
02:20:02 • 3min