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The Known Unknowns: Exploring the Humbling Universe | Lawrence Krauss | Part 1 (#315a)

The Known Unknowns: Exploring the Humbling Universe | Lawrence Krauss | Part 1 (#315a)

FromInto the Impossible With Brian Keating


The Known Unknowns: Exploring the Humbling Universe | Lawrence Krauss | Part 1 (#315a)

FromInto the Impossible With Brian Keating

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Length:
65 minutes
Released:
May 9, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Lawrence Krauss is an internationally known theoretical physicist, bestselling author, and acclaimed lecturer. He is currently President of The Origins Project Foundation, and host of The Origins Podcast. In this episode Professor Krauss discusses his 10th and most recent book: The Edge of Knowledge: Unsolved Mysteries of the Cosmos.
The book challenges readers to explore the limits of what we know, and possibly what is even knowable!  Can science ever explain the mysteries of time, space, matter, the origin of life, and the nature of consciousness? Lawrence addresses these challenges head on while also celebrating how far we have come in understanding the universe. Professor Krauss reminds us tha not knowing implies a universe of opportunities with the possibility of discovery and surprise. 
In the episode Dr. Krauss has much to say about the risks of AI, astrobiology, the pursuit of a theory of everything, and where science can take us.  He reveals his motivations for writing this latest book, and his deep concerns for the current state of academic freedom. 
As an accomplished scientist with over 500 publications,  Lawrence Krauss has focused on the interface between elementary particle physics and cosmology, including the origin and evolution of the Universe and the fundamental structure of matter. Among his numerous important scientific contributions was the proposal, in 1995, that most of the energy of the Universe resided in empty space.  Krauss previously served as Director of Arizona State University's Origins Project, and Foundation Professor for a decade from 2008-2018, and also as Chair of the Board of Sponsors of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists from 2006-2018.  During his career Prof. Krauss has held endowed professorships and distinguished research appointments at institutions including Harvard University, Yale University, University of Chicago, Boston University, University of Zurich, University of California at Santa Barbara, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, the European Center for Nuclear Research (CERN), Case Western Reserve University, Australian National University, Arizona State University, and New College of Humanities.  He has written 10 popular books, including the international best-sellers, The Physics of Star Trek and A Universe from Nothing.  

https://originsproject.org/

https://www.lawrencemkrauss.com/

https://twitter.com/LKrauss

The Edge of Knowledge: Unsolved Mysteries of the Cosmos: https://t.co/BD18qnTxtq


The Cosmological Constant Paper by Dr. Krauss: https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9504003




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Released:
May 9, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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A podcast about how we imagine, and how what we imagine shapes what we do. Each conversation brings together visionaries from the worlds of arts, sciences, humanities, and technology discussing the nature of imagination and how we collaborate to create the future. Hosted by Dr Brian Keating, Chancellor’s Distinguished Professor of Physics at UC San Diego. For show notes go to: BrianKeating.com/podcast