Collection of TED Talks about Physics

So as you might have already noticed I'm expanding the video part of the blog. So I decided to add a collection of TED Talks about physics. For more TED Talks about science, medicine, technologies, economy and so much more check out the TED Talks youtube channel.

The Universe on a String by Brian Greene

Murray Gell Mann - Beuty and Truth in Physics

Garret Lessi - The New Beautiful Theory of Everything

Brian Cox What Really Goes On at The Large Hadron Collider

David Deutsch - What is Our Place in Cosmos

Scot Aaronson - Physics in the 21 Century

Janna Levin - The Sounds The Universe Makes

Stephen Hawking - Asking the Big Questions About the Universe

Brian Cox - Why We Need Explorers

Aaron O'Connell Visible Quantum Object

Garik Israelian - What's Inside a Star

Leonard Susskind - My Friend Richard Feynman

Patricia Burchat The Search for Dark Matter and Dark Energy

George Smooth - The Design of the Universe

You might be interested in:

Read more »

Brave New World Episode 2 - Medicine

In the 2nd episode of Brave New World  scientists tell a story of the constant battle with killer diseases, the newest advances in medical science and how they change our lives. For more Channel 4 documentaries check out their youtube channel below.

4oDDocumentaries

Read more »

The Brave New World With Stephen Hawking

Remember those sci-fi movies back in the 80s and 90s where they showed futuristic stuff like modern mobile phones, wireless Internet accessible everywhere, huge LCD or holographic screens, flying cars and so on? Well I don't know how about you but I really do and I still laugh at those hilarious movies, where they show the "far future" of the year 2000 being super futuristic, even though it's only 20 or 10 years in the future. But the funny part is that we are really living in the future when it comes to many parts of our daily lives. I mean try to remember your first mobile phone or first computer. It seems like our lives didn't change that much in the last 20 years, with exception to technologies of communication. Today, wireless Internet is accessible mostly anywhere, whereas not having a mobile phone is just bizarre. We can download stuff with amazing speeds, video calls are a part of our everyday life and you can basically find any information you need on the world wide web. So it seems, we are really living in the future. Well, except the thing about flying cars, which is a shame... But you know it's funny how we all have these magic gadgets, but since they are a part of our routine, we forget how mind blowing our technology really is.

Source

Oh yeah, what I really wanted to show you is another great documentary with Stephen Hawking and a bunch of other great scientists from many different fields. In this newest work with Stephen Hawking they focus on the way science and technology affects our society. So yeah, it's nothing to fancy, but still a good watch when you get too lazy to watch something more technical.

Thanks for reading and don't forget to share and comment. Cheers!

Read more »

The Dreams that Stuff is Made Of by Stephen Hawking

About the Author

Stephen Hawking is a theoretical physicist who worked for 30 years as a Lucasian professor of mathematics at the University of Cambridge. His research focused mostly on theoretical cosmology, especially black holes. Besides that Stephen Hawking has become widely known for his popular science books like “A Brief History of Time”, “Universe in a Nutshell” and others.

Source

About the Book

The Dreams that Stuff is Made Of is a great guide by the best-selling author Stephen Hawking to the mysterious world of quantum mechanics. With Hawking's insightful commentary the readers are led to the roots of quantum theory. Starting with revolutionary works of Niels Bohr ending with greatest works of Richard Feynman, all the greatest moments in the history of quantum physics are covered in this huge book (1176 pages). As all books by Stephen Hawking, The Dreams that Stuff is Made Of is interesting and complicated science material written in a very readable manner. And of course the fact that all of the greatest works of quantum physics are finally brought together to one volume, makes this book worth having for every physics fan. 

The book can be found here:

Read more »

The Grand Design By Stephen Hawking

About the Authors:

Stephen Hawking is a theoretical physicist who worked for 30 years as a Lucasian professor of mathematics at the University of Cambridge. His research focused mostly on theoretical cosmology, especially black holes. Besides that Stephen Hawking has become widely known for his popular science books like “A Brief History of Time”, “Universe in a Nutshell” and others.

Leonard Mlodinov is a physicist and an author. He works in Caltech and Max Planck Institute for physics. His research focuses on various problems of Quantum Mechanics. Besides that he also wrote screenplays for Beyond the Horizon and Star Trek the Next Generation.

Short Review of the Book:

The Grand Design is the newest book of Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinov which focuses on explaining the origins of the universe. In this new book Hawking expresses his position that laws of the universe alone are enough to explain the Big Bang, that is, God as a creation of the universe is not necessary. This as you might guess has caused a little controversy, especially among the religious readers.

The aim of this book is to show how laws of General Relativity and Quantum Mechanics can lead to the spontaneous creation of the universe from nothing. The authors start by describing the evolution of human thought and science and how this lead to the current understanding of the universe. Starting with ancient Greek scholars and revolutionary works on Nicolaus Copernicus , ending with modern M-theory – authors show how centuries of scientific knowledge help us tackle the greatest mysteries of the universe.  

You can find the book here:

Read more »

Curiosity Episode Guide

So, as you might already know, a brand new science documentary show has just came out on Discovery channel. "Curiosity" is a unique show that focuses on a variety scientific and even daily questions, such as whether there is a god, how could we fight an alien invasion or why sex is pleasurable and so much more.

There episodes during the first season which will air on a number of channels all around the world. So let's check what the first season is all about.

1. Episode 1:  Did God Create the Universe?

Professor Hawking tackles the big question about the beginning of the universe and was it created by God. He presents some interesting views from his newest book called "The Grand Design" (which you can find  here by the way). In conclusion, it's a great episode for physics fans.

       Episode 2:  Alien Invasion: Are We Ready? 


Host Michelle Rodriguez brings together a bunch of great scientists to tackle the question of what would happen if aliens would invade our planet.

       Episode 3:  Why is Sex Fun?


Males have orgasms to release semen but what about females? Why do they have orgasms? These questions will be tackled by the guest host Maggie Gyllenhaal.

       Episode 4:  What Drowned the Titanic?


This great episode focuses on the science and drama behind the real story of Titanic.

       Episode 5:  Is There a Parallel Universe?


This great episode is hosted by Morgan Freeman (from another great documentary "Through the Wormhole"). He explores the science behind parallel universes.

       Episode 6:  How did America Get Its Shape?


As the name of the episode says, this one explores the story behind the formation of the continent.

       Episode 7:   Birth of America

This episode dives deep into the history of America.

       Episode 8:    Time Bomb Earth


I guess this one's about the end of planet Earth and how and when is it most likely to occur.



Thanks for checking this out guys. Please comment and follow. Cheers


PS. This is not an official episode guide so if you notice any mistakes feel free to tell me. 

Read more »

The Hawking Paradox aka Hawking vs Susskind

When it comes to modern cosmology not many physicists are more unique and popular than Stephen Hawking. Besides being a great scientists, Hawking has also become a world wide celebrity - he's often featured in science documentaries, radio shows and even science fiction. But what made Hawking so popular?

Perhaps Stephen Hawking became so popular due to his most controversial discovery of the so called black hole information paradox. Long story short, Hawking discovered that black possibly destroy the information of what fell into them. This great Horizon documentary tells the story of this great discovery. In addition it has some interesting biographical facts about Stephen Hawking plus all the cool stuff that usual comes with Horizon documentaries like cool visuals and great narration.

What is really great about this documentary is that it also features the famous theoretical physicist from Stanford - Leonard Susskind. Susskind, as many of the physicists of the time, did not believe that black holes might swallow the information, so he, for many years, tried to created a theory, which would resolve the information paradox. This gave rise to a very interesting professional competition between these two great scientists.

Thanks for checking this out. If you like my stuff, please comment and follow. Cheers.

Read more »

The Jewel of Physics - The Black Hole

The Jewel of Physics - The Black Hole

Read more »