To explore scientific Breakthroughs is to find theories or discoveries that challenge conventional wisdom, change patterns of thought, provide novel frameworks for research.... video What is Philosophy of Scientific Breakthroughs? Episode 05 Season 21 26:47 Watch
The mysteries of life constitute the science of biology. But solving biological mysteries often require Breakthroughs: new, even radical ways of thinking that disrupt current... video What are Scientific Breakthroughs in Biology? Episode 04 Season 21 26:47 Watch
One of artificial intelligence’s legendary pioneers, Marvin Minsky, recently died. With this tribute, we celebrate his penetrating analysis of brains, minds, AI, religion... video A Tribute to Marvin Minsky Episode 13 Season 16 26:45 Watch
Extra dimensions-beyond length, width, height-seem the stuff of science fiction. What would extra dimensions be like? Is time the fourth dimension? Could deep reality be so... video Are there Extra Dimensions? Episode 06 Season 04 26:45 Watch
It is the Holy Grail of physics: All the particles and forces of nature unified and explained by equations so simple that you can print them on your tee shirt. Are we getting... video Is There a Final Theory of Everything? Episode 09 Season 03 26:47 Watch
Dig down to the deepest level of reality, the smallest things that exist, the building blocks of everything else. What do we find? What’s there at the very bottom?... playlist What's Fundamental in the Cosmos? (Part 1) Topic Series 13 videos 2:17 Watch
Dig down to the deepest level of reality, the smallest things that exist, the building blocks of everything else. What do we find? What’s there at the very bottom?... playlist What's Fundamental in the Cosmos? (Part 2) Topic Series 11 videos 1:49:38 Watch
It is the Holy Grail of physics: All the particles and forces of nature unified and explained by equations so simple that you can print them on your tee shirt. Are we getting... playlist What is the Theory of Everything? Topic Series 8 videos 1:17:42 Watch
Extra dimensions—beyond length, width, height—seem like the stuff of science fiction. What would extra dimensions be like? Is time the fourth dimension? Does string... playlist Are there Extra Dimensions? Topic Series 9 videos 1:23:20 Watch
What are the basic components of the cosmos? At the deepest levels of reality—the particles, fields and forces of the smallest slices of existence—how does the world... playlist How is the Cosmos Constructed? Topic Series 10 videos 1:27:45 Watch
What does it take to make a cosmos? What are the most basic building blocks—the forces, fields and particles? How do they work, and work together? How do these laws of... playlist How Do You Make a Cosmos? Topic Series 6 videos 42:48 Watch
The cosmos is vast, the largest stuff that exists. Particles are tiny, the smallest stuff that exists. Yet the particles compose the cosmos; there is nothing in the cosmos... playlist How do Particles Explain the Cosmos? Topic Series 7 videos 1:07:45 Watch
Symmetry is when things are the same around an axis. Turn it and it looks the same. A simple idea with profound implications for understanding the universe and for predicting... playlist Why do we Search for Symmetry? Topic Series 6 videos 49:05 Watch
Prediction is the fruitful product of good science, but how far can prediction go? Physics is the most mathematical and rigorous of the sciences and so prediction is most... playlist What can't be Predicted in Physics? Topic Series 6 videos 44:56 Watch
The “big breakthroughs” in science seeming to be “bigger” than ever, and happening faster and faster. But just how do scientists challenge current... video How Do Breakthroughs Change Science? Roundtable 26:38 Watch
From genetics to cosmology to nanotechnology, science is on the brink of numerous and extraordinary mega-revolutions that will change the very nature of life. In... video What Are the Big Questions of Science? Roundtable 26:34 Watch
Scott Aaronson Professor of Computer Science; Director, Quantum Information Center, University of Texas at Austin
Francisco Ayala Former University Professor, Professor of Biological Sciences, Professor of Philosophy, University of California, Irvine
David Chalmers Professor of Philosophy and Co-director, Center for Mind, Brain, and Consciousness, New York University
Antonio Damasio David Dornsife Chair in Neuroscience, and Professor of Psychology, Philosophy, and Neurology, USC
David Gross Nobel Laueate in Physics; Chancellor's Chair Professor of Theoretical Physics, UC Santa Barbara
Frank Wilczek Nobel Laureate in Physics; Templeton Prize recipient; Emeritus Professor of Physics, MIT; Distinguished Professor in Physics, Arizona State University
