The Thought Experiment

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The Thought Experiment

The Thought Experiment

ผู้สร้าง: Scott V. Burger

The Thought Experiment is a podcast devoted to theoretical situations of the same name. Once a week, we cover a thought experiment from the fields of mathematics, physics or philosophy.

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First New Show

First New Show

The first episode of the new joint podcast, "Questioning the Cosmos" is online. Check it out and stuff!

2011-08-08 15:51:00 ระยะเวลาไม่ทราบ
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Greetings, friends!

Greetings, friends!

By now I'm sure your skeletons have blown away in the wind in anticipation of an update. The Thought Experiment will live on in the Internet's bowels...

2011-08-06 23:17:00 ระยะเวลาไม่ทราบ
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Upcoming interviews

Upcoming interviews

Ok I've been too lazy for too long. This weekend before I head off to CERN I'll post the first of a few interviews I did at the American Physical Soci...

2009-09-03 12:58:00 ระยะเวลาไม่ทราบ
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Shedding Light on Dark Matter (supplement)

Shedding Light on Dark Matter (supplement)

Shedding Light on Dark Matter Powerpoint

I've added as supplementary material here, my actual printed powerpoint presentation slides for...

2008-08-30 23:02:00 ระยะเวลาไม่ทราบ
Shedding Light on Dark Matter (part 4)

Shedding Light on Dark Matter (part 4)

Shedding Light on Dark Matter (part 4)

In the fall I'm giving a lecture series on topics ranging from the history of the universe to time...

2008-08-29 17:07:00 ระยะเวลาไม่ทราบ
Shedding Light on Dark Matter (part 3)

Shedding Light on Dark Matter (part 3)

Shedding Light on Dark Matter (part 3)

In the fall I'm giving a lecture series on topics ranging from the history of the universe to time...

2008-08-22 02:16:00 ระยะเวลาไม่ทราบ
Shedding Light on Dark Matter (part 2)

Shedding Light on Dark Matter (part 2)

Shedding Light on Dark Matter (part 2)

In the fall I'm giving a lecture series on topics ranging from the history of the universe to time...

2008-08-14 20:32:00 ระยะเวลาไม่ทราบ
Shedding Light on Dark Matter (part 1)

Shedding Light on Dark Matter (part 1)

Shedding Light on Dark Matter (part 1)

In the fall I'm giving a lecture series on topics ranging from the history of the universe to time...

2008-08-08 23:11:00 ระยะเวลาไม่ทราบ
The Strong Nuclear Force (video)

The Strong Nuclear Force (video)

The Strong Nuclear Force

The Thought Experiment podcast has been kind of stagnant lately. Largely because I've been so busy here on campu...

2008-07-03 03:44:00 ระยะเวลาไม่ทราบ
Quantum Tunneling

Quantum Tunneling

Quantum Tunneling

Tunneling is a very, very mathematical process by which a particle can 'leak' out into its surroundings. This has to do...

2008-04-17 23:57:00 ระยะเวลาไม่ทราบ
Intro to Quantum Mechanics

Intro to Quantum Mechanics

Intro to Quantum Mechanics

Ironically, the delay for this week's quantum mechanics podcast was brought on by quantum mechanics homework....

2008-02-14 02:41:00 ระยะเวลาไม่ทราบ
Link to Old Shows

Link to Old Shows

I realize I haven't put up any new thought experiments quite yet (don't worry, the supply is virtually bottomless), due to exams and other college-rel...

2008-02-05 02:59:00 ระยะเวลาไม่ทราบ
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Borel's Infinite Monkeys

Borel's Infinite Monkeys

Borel's Infinite Monkeys

Returning triumphant for a second season of thought experimenting, we continue on our history of thought experim...

2008-01-16 04:59:00 ระยะเวลาไม่ทราบ
Q&A With Brian Greene

Q&A With Brian Greene

Q&A With Brian Greene

Last week string theorist and physicist at Columbia University, Brian Greene came to my university as a part of a l...

2007-10-21 15:28:00 ระยะเวลาไม่ทราบ
Heisenburg's Uncertainty Principle

Heisenburg's Uncertainty Principle

Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle

What can a retired basketball player and a cannon full of paintballs teach us about quantum uncertaint...

2007-09-13 04:22:00 ระยะเวลาไม่ทราบ
The Banach-Tarski Paradox

The Banach-Tarski Paradox

A mouthful no doubt! This week we go over just how a mathematical universe differs from a physical one on the basis of the Axiom of Choice. More inter...

2007-09-03 20:06:00 ระยะเวลาไม่ทราบ
Rachel Cooper's Overview on Thought Experiments (guest)

Rachel Cooper's Overview on Thought Experiments (guest)

Rachel Cooper's Overview

Rachel Cooper, a lecturer at the University of Lancaster, provides for us an overview as to what thought experim...

2007-08-18 19:05:00 ระยะเวลาไม่ทราบ
Einstein's Relativity

Einstein's Relativity

Einstein's Relativity

So many topics to cover in so little of time! Time dilation, spacetime continuums, all the sorts of fun stuff you l...

2007-08-07 13:10:00 ระยะเวลาไม่ทราบ
Poincare's Conjecture

Poincare's Conjecture

Poincare's Conjecture

Amidst more recording troubles, I had to do solo again this week. Alas, the show must go on and this week I talk ab...

2007-08-01 12:51:00 ระยะเวลาไม่ทราบ
Kent Hovind's Last Debate

Kent Hovind's Last Debate

Kent Hovind's Last Debate

Well, this week we had originally planned to go over Maxwell's Demon, but a screwup in the recording prompted u...

2007-07-24 03:01:00 ระยะเวลาไม่ทราบ
Mach's Machine

Mach's Machine

Mach's Machine


Courtesy of Stanford

Ersnt Mach proposed that perpetual motion machines went against common sense. In...

2007-07-14 04:28:00 ระยะเวลาไม่ทราบ
Can Life be Patented? (Skypecast)

Can Life be Patented? (Skypecast)

Can Life Be Patented?

A deep philosophical question indeed, arisen from the recent episode of Science Friday's discussion on ethics of cl...

2007-07-10 01:37:00 ระยะเวลาไม่ทราบ
Olbers' Paradox

Olbers' Paradox

Detailing how the universe, if infinite, should be as bright as the surface of the sun, Andrew and I also talk about whether or not if theory is ahead...

2007-07-05 04:49:00 ระยะเวลาไม่ทราบ
Paley's Watch (Guest)

Paley's Watch (Guest)

Special guest of the Big Bang and Creationism Podcast and colleague of mine, Robert Lippens joins returning co-host Andrew and I on a discussion about...

2007-06-26 03:51:00 ระยะเวลาไม่ทราบ
Sunday Skypecast!

Sunday Skypecast!

This Sunday we'll be graced with the presence of a colleague of mine, Robert Lippens, of the Big Bang and Creationism podcast. We'll be discussing Wil...

2007-06-23 06:03:00 ระยะเวลาไม่ทราบ
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