Why is an observer key to quantum physics? Does the act of observation affect what exists and what happens in the external world? Why is Observation in the quantum world a... video Observing Quanta, Observing Nature Episode 08 Season 17 26:48 Watch
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Quantum theory explains how particles and fields work. General relativity, discovered by Einstein, explains how gravity generates the structure of the universe. But the two... playlist Why is Quantum Gravity So Significant? Topic Series 6 videos 53:30 Watch
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Beautiful, elegant and full of charm and symmetry. That’s how some scientists would describe quantum physics, the most basic and scientific picture of our world. Join... video Why is Quantum Physics So Beautiful? Roundtable 27:05 Watch
Scott Aaronson Professor of Computer Science; Director, Quantum Information Center, University of Texas at Austin
David Albert Professor of Philosophy and Director of the M.A. Program in The Philosophical Foundations of Physics, Columbia University
David Chalmers Professor of Philosophy and Co-director, Center for Mind, Brain, and Consciousness, New York University
David Deutsch Visiting Professor, Centre for Quantum Computation, Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford
David DiVincenzo Director of Theoretical Nanoelectronics, Forschungszentrum Juelich; Professor of Physics, RWTH Aachen
Rodney Holder Former Course Director, Faraday Institute for Science and Religion, Cambridge University
Leon Lederman Nobel Prize in Physics; Director Emeritus, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab)
Laura Mersini-Houghton Professor of Theoretical Physics & Cosmology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
John Polkinghorne Professor of Mathematical Physics, President, Queens' College, Cambridge; Anglican priest; Templeton Prize recipient
Carlo Rovelli Theoretical Physicist, Centre de Physique Theorique de Luminy; Distinguished Visiting Research Chair, Perimeter Institute
Bas van Fraassen Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, San Francisco State University; McCosh Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Princeton University
Birgitta Whaley Professor of Chemical Physics; Director, Berkeley Quantum Information and Computation Center, University of California, Berkeley
