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The Universe Speaks in Numbers: Edward Witten interviewed by Graham Farmelo

The Universe Speaks in Numbers: Edward Witten interviewed by Graham Farmelo

FromThe Universe Speaks in Numbers


The Universe Speaks in Numbers: Edward Witten interviewed by Graham Farmelo

FromThe Universe Speaks in Numbers

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Length:
27 minutes
Released:
Sep 2, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Science writer Graham Farmelo in conversation with Edward Witten. Edward Witten is widely regarded as the pre-eminent theoretical physicist of the past four decades. Based at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, he has made dozens of path-breaking contributions to both physics and mathematics.Read more in Graham Farmelo's book The Universe Speaks in Numbers. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
Released:
Sep 2, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (25)

In The Universe Speaks in Numbers award-winning science writer Graham Farmelo is in conversation with some of the great names in modern physics and mathematics. Among the interviewees are Michael Atiyah, Ruth Britto, Lance Dixon, Simon Donaldson, Freeman Dyson, Juan Maldacena, Michela Massimi, Roger Penrose, Martin Rees, Simon Schaffer and Edward Witten.To read more see Graham's book The Universe Speaks in Numbers: How Modern Maths Reveals Nature's Deepest Secrets. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.