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Freeman Dyson, Part I: From Physics to the Far Future

Episode 01

Season 21

26:47

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They warp space and time, squeeze matter to a vanishing point, and trap light so that it cannot escape. How can black holes perform such stupendous tricks, and what can we...

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Why are Black Holes Astonishing?

Episode 09

Season 02

26:46

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Why Black Holes are Astonishing

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8 videos

1:20:19

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What do Black Holes and Dark Matter Reveal?

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9 videos

1:30:38

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What Happens in Black Holes?

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5 videos

34:19

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Why does Dark Matter Really Matter?

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4 videos

38:06

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How does Dark Energy Drive the Universe?

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5 videos

57:21

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Dark Side of the Universe

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25:02

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Contributors

Scott Aaronson

Professor of Computer Science; Director, Quantum Information Center, University of Texas at Austin

Anthony Aguirre

Faggin Presidential Chair for the Physics of Information, UC Santa Cruz

Nima Arkani-Hamed

Theoretical Physicist, Institute for Advanced Study

Raphael Bousso

Professor of Physics, UC Berkeley

Freeman Dyson

Theoretical Physicist and Visionary, Institute for Advanced Study

Pedro Ferreira

Professor of Astrophysics, University of Oxford

Steve Giddings

Professor of Physics, UC Santa Barbara

J. Richard Gott III

Emeritus Professor of Astrophysical Sciences, Princton University

Alan Guth

Victor Weisskopf Professor of Physics, MIT

Geraint Lewis

Professor of Astrophysics, Sydney Institute for Astronomy

Seth Lloyd

Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Physics, MIT

Abraham “Avi” Loeb

Frank B. Baird, Jr. Professor of Science, Harvard University

Juan Maldacena

Professor of Theoretical Physics, Institute for Advanced Study

Laura Mersini-Houghton

Professor of Theoretical Physics & Cosmology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

John Peacock

Professor of Cosmology, University of Edinburgh

Saul Perlmutter

Nobel Laureate in Physics; Professor of Physics, UC Berkeley

Joseph Silk

Homewood Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University

Lee Smolin

Senior Research Faculty, Theoretical Physics, Perimeter Institute

George Smoot III

Nobel Laureate in Physics; Professor of Physics, UC Berkeley

Paul Steinhardt

Professor of Physics, Princeton University

Leonard Susskind

Professor of Theoretical Physics, Stanford University

Max Tegmark

Professor of Physics, MIT

Kip Thorne

Nobel Laureate in Physics; Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics, Emeritus, Caltech

Frank Wilczek

Nobel Laureate in Physics; Templeton Prize recipient; Emeritus Professor of Physics, MIT; Distinguished Professor in Physics, Arizona State University