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From the archive: Carlo Rovelli on how to understand the quantum world (part two)

From the archive: Carlo Rovelli on how to understand the quantum world (part two)

FromScience Weekly


From the archive: Carlo Rovelli on how to understand the quantum world (part two)

FromScience Weekly

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Length:
22 minutes
Released:
Dec 30, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

From electrons behaving as both particles and waves to a cat in a box that’s both dead and alive, the consequences of quantum physics are decidedly weird. So strange, that over a century since its conception, scientists are still arguing about the best way to understand the theory. In the second of two episodes, Ian Sample sits down with the physicist Carlo Rovelli to discuss his ideas for explaining quantum physics, and how it affects our understanding of the world. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod
Released:
Dec 30, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Science Weekly podcast will now explore some of the crucial scientific questions about Covid-19. Led by its usual hosts  Ian Sample,  Hannah Devlin and  Nicola Davis, as well as the Guardian's health editor Sarah Boseley, we’ll be taking questions – some sent by you – to experts on the frontline of the global outbreak. Send us your questions here:  theguardian.com/covid19questions