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Multiple universes? How can scientists come to believe in more than one universe? The idea sounds astounding. Our universe is immense by itself. How could there be more than...
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“Quantum” is the theory of the utterly small. “Cosmology” is the study of the utterly large. They combine, remarkably, when in the very early universe the entire...
5 videos
36:02
The fine-tuning of the constants of nature, which seems required for the existence of stars and planets and certainly for life and mind, is a fascinating feature of our...
9 videos
1:15:45
Is there more than one universe? According to current cosmology, our entire gigantic universe is only one of innumerable universes, each universe like one tiny bubble in a...
6 videos
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What enables structures to form in the universe? How did galaxies, stars and planets develop from the primeval plasma soup? What are the laws of nature that bring about...
8 videos
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Assuming that the fine-tuning of our universe is real, what would it mean? Scientists, philosophers, even theologians weigh in, spinning the fine-tuning story to support...
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A group of distinguished physicists and astrophysicists outline the latest discoveries of how our universe began and continues to function, and marvel at how quickly the...
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Roundtable
26:09
The universe is astonishing in multiple ways, and one of its most probative features is the existence of its dark side: dark matter, interacting only via gravity, dark...
25:02
We know our universe is expanding—this is one of humankind’s seminal discoveries. What caused such colossal expansion? We call it the Big Bang, but what were the...
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Consider humanity’s astounding progress in science during the past three hundred years. Now take a deep breath and project forward, oh say, three billion years.
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Episode 13
Season 02
26:46