Quantum Physics Archives

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Why modern physics is forcing us to rethink existence

NASA astronomer Michelle Thaller makes the case that quantum entanglement may be the underlying fabric from which spacetime itself emerges.

Michelle Thaller

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13mins

The Big Think Interview

The idea so strange Einstein thought it broke quantum physics

Jim Al-Khalili introduces the technologies emerging from the second quantum revolution.

Jim Al-Khalili

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23mins

The Big Think Interview

Brian Cox: The bizarre history of black holes

"Could black holes be the key to a quantum theory of gravity, a deeper theory of how reality, of how space and time works? Well, I think so."

Brian Cox

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1hr 8mins

Full Interview

Michio Kaku wants to solve Einstein’s unfinished equation

“An equation, perhaps no more than one inch long, that would allow us to, quote, 'Read the mind of God.'”

Michio Kaku

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1hr 19mins

Full Interview

The quantum roots of reality

“We don't have enough knowledge to precisely calculate what is going to happen, and so we assign probabilities to it, which reflects our ignorance of the situation.”

Brian Cox

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22mins

The Big Think Interview

Physicist Brian Cox explains quantum physics in 22 minutes

"Quantum mechanics and quantum entanglement are becoming very real. We're beginning to be able to access this tremendously complicated configuration space to do useful things."

Brian Cox

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3mins

The Well

Don’t fall into the determinism trap. Everything is, in fact, random

Don’t fall into the determinism trap. Everything is, in fact, random, says chemist Lee Cronin:

Lee Cronin

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3mins

The Well

The symmetry that shaped physics: Frank Wilczek on Einstein’s legacy

Nobel Prize winning physicist Frank Wilczek reflects on Einstein’s greatest contribution.

Frank Wilczek

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6mins

Great Question

A 7-minute guide to the relationship between quantum mechanics and black holes

“You’re not meant to understand what I just said, because I don’t understand what I just said…” Physicist Brian Cox on one of the most complex theories in space science.

Brian Cox

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11mins

The Big Think Interview

Quantum computing is the next revolution

Theoretical physics professor Michio Kaku outlines the evolution of computers from analog to digital and introduces quantum computers as the next frontier.

Michio Kaku