Ideas Roadshow Collections: Conversations About Physics, Volume 1
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| Title: | Ideas Roadshow Collections: Conversations About Physics, Volume 1 |
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| Description: | This Ideas Roadshow Collection includes five carefully edited in-depth conversations with Nima Arkani-Hamed, Artur Ekert, Tony Leggett, David Politzer and Paul Steinhardt. A detailed preface highlighting the connections between the different books is included. Each individual book is broken into chapters with a detailed introduction and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter: I. THE POWER OF PRINCIPLES: PHYSICS REVEALED - A CONVERSATION WITH NIMA ARKANI-HAMED, FACULTY MEMBER AT THE INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY. Nima Arkani-Hamed is one of today's leading particle physicists. This conversation explores how we discover the laws of nature, the “scientific method”, the relation between theory and experiment, how we can push our understanding well beyond where experiments can currently reach, science journalism, popular science writing and more. II. CRYPTOREALITY - A CONVERSATION WITH ARTUR EKERT, PROFESSOR OF QUANTUM PHYSICS AT THE MATHEMATICAL INSTITUTE, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, AND DIRECTOR OF THE CENTRE FOR QUANTUM TECHNOLOGIES AND LEE KONG CHIAN CENTENNIAL PROFESSOR AT THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE. Artur Ekert is one of the pioneers of quantum cryptography. This conversation provides detailed insights into his groundbreaking research and covers many fascinating topics such as mathematical and physical intuition, a detailed history of cryptography from antiquity to the present day and how it works in practice, the development of quantum information science, the nature of reality, and more. III. THE PROBLEMS OF PHYSICS, RECONSIDERED - A CONVERSATION WITH PHYSICS NOBEL LAUREATE TONY LEGGETT, JOHN D. AND CATHERINE T. MACARTHUR PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF PHYSICS, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS. The basis of this conversation is Tony Leggett's book, The Problems of Physics, and further explores the insightful plain-speaking itemization that he developed of the physics landscape according to four basic categories—the very small (particle physics), the very large (cosmology), the very complex (condensed matter physics) and the very unclear (foundations of quantum theory)—while providing a thoughtful follow-up analysis from a contemporary perspective to assess how much progress we've made and which mysteries remain or have come on the scene since the book was published. IV. THE PHYSICS OF BANJOS - A CONVERSATION WITH DAVID POLITZER, PHYSICS NOBEL LAUREATE AND THE RICHARD CHACE TOLMAN PROFESSOR OF THEORETICAL PHYSICS AT CALTECH. This extensive conversation examines many of the intriguing aspects associated with the physics of banjos, including the ocarina effect, string-stretching, the subtleties of how we hear pitch, transient growth, and the mysterious ringing sound of banjos; while also touching on contemporary issues in black holes and particle physics. V. INDIANA STEINHARDT AND THE QUEST FOR QUASICRYSTALS - A CONVERSATION WITH PAUL STEINHARDT, THE ALBERT EINSTEIN PROFESSOR OF SCIENCE AND DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER FOR THEORETICAL SCIENCE AT PRINCETON UNIVERSITY. This conversation provides a comprehensive account of a marvellous scientific adventure story in the quest for a natural quasicrystal. The reader will be taken on a fascinating ride through the physics of materials, from theory, to the laboratory, to the discovery of a new state of matter, that culminated in Steinhardt's dramatic Siberian expedition. Paul Steinhardt talks about his encounters with mineral smugglers, secret diaries and quasi-mythical characters during his “Indiana Jones” expedition from Florence to Israel, Amsterdam to California, Princeton to Kamchatka which led him to find quasicrystals that are quite literally out of this world… Howard Burton is the founder and host of all Ideas Roadshow conversations and was the Founding Executive Director of Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. He holds a PhD in theoretical physics and an MA in philosophy. Ideas Roadshow offers an expanding series of 20 Collections, including Conversations Abo |
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| Subjects: | Banjo--Acoustics, Quasicrystals, Cryptography, Physics--Miscellanea, Science--Methodology |
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This conversation explores how we discover the laws of nature, the “scientific method”, the relation between theory and experiment, how we can push our understanding well beyond where experiments can currently reach, science journalism, popular science writing and more. II. CRYPTOREALITY - A CONVERSATION WITH ARTUR EKERT, PROFESSOR OF QUANTUM PHYSICS AT THE MATHEMATICAL INSTITUTE, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, AND DIRECTOR OF THE CENTRE FOR QUANTUM TECHNOLOGIES AND LEE KONG CHIAN CENTENNIAL PROFESSOR AT THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE. Artur Ekert is one of the pioneers of quantum cryptography. This conversation provides detailed insights into his groundbreaking research and covers many fascinating topics such as mathematical and physical intuition, a detailed history of cryptography from antiquity to the present day and how it works in practice, the development of quantum information science, the nature of reality, and more. III. THE PROBLEMS OF PHYSICS, RECONSIDERED - A CONVERSATION WITH PHYSICS NOBEL LAUREATE TONY LEGGETT, JOHN D. AND CATHERINE T. MACARTHUR PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF PHYSICS, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS. The basis of this conversation is Tony Leggett's book, The Problems of Physics, and further explores the insightful plain-speaking itemization that he developed of the physics landscape according to four basic categories—the very small (particle physics), the very large (cosmology), the very complex (condensed matter physics) and the very unclear (foundations of quantum theory)—while providing a thoughtful follow-up analysis from a contemporary perspective to assess how much progress we've made and which mysteries remain or have come on the scene since the book was published. IV. THE PHYSICS OF BANJOS - A CONVERSATION WITH DAVID POLITZER, PHYSICS NOBEL LAUREATE AND THE RICHARD CHACE TOLMAN PROFESSOR OF THEORETICAL PHYSICS AT CALTECH. This extensive conversation examines many of the intriguing aspects associated with the physics of banjos, including the ocarina effect, string-stretching, the subtleties of how we hear pitch, transient growth, and the mysterious ringing sound of banjos; while also touching on contemporary issues in black holes and particle physics. V. INDIANA STEINHARDT AND THE QUEST FOR QUASICRYSTALS - A CONVERSATION WITH PAUL STEINHARDT, THE ALBERT EINSTEIN PROFESSOR OF SCIENCE AND DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER FOR THEORETICAL SCIENCE AT PRINCETON UNIVERSITY. This conversation provides a comprehensive account of a marvellous scientific adventure story in the quest for a natural quasicrystal. The reader will be taken on a fascinating ride through the physics of materials, from theory, to the laboratory, to the discovery of a new state of matter, that culminated in Steinhardt's dramatic Siberian expedition. Paul Steinhardt talks about his encounters with mineral smugglers, secret diaries and quasi-mythical characters during his “Indiana Jones” expedition from Florence to Israel, Amsterdam to California, Princeton to Kamchatka which led him to find quasicrystals that are quite literally out of this world… Howard Burton is the founder and host of all Ideas Roadshow conversations and was the Founding Executive Director of Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. He holds a PhD in theoretical physics and an MA in philosophy. 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