Are Space and Time An Illusion?

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Space is where things happen. Time is when things happen. And sometimes, in order to really look at the universe, you need to take those two concepts and mash them together. In this first lesson of a three-part series on space-time, hilarious hosts Andrew Pontzen and Tom Whyntie go through the basics of space and time individually, and use a flip book to illustrate how we can begin to look at them together.

S1E1 • The fundamentals of space-time • Physics

54:53

Follow Dr. Derek Muller as he explores the controversial element — uranium.

S1E1 • Uranium – Twisting the Dragon’s Tail • 2015 • Physics

46:01

Meet the innovators who developed newer, safer ways to fall from the sky and those whose lives were saved by them

S1E2 • Survival in the Skies • 2019 • Physics

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Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger, one of the founders of quantum mechanics, posed this famous question: If you put a cat in a sealed box with a device that has a 50% chance of killing the cat in the next hour, what will be the state of the cat when that time is up?

TED-Ed • Physics

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The most powerful effect of time on our lives is the way it limits us. Our knowledge of death is so embedded in our lives and spirituality that, were immortality possible, would we lose the sense that makes us human?

S1E2 • BBC: Time • 2006 • Physics

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Exploring the universe on a ship that can boldly go where no man has gone before isn't just a sci fi dream. Dr Michio Kaku reveals how we really could one day build a warp drive and set out on our own star trek.

S1E1 • Physics of the Impossible • 2009 • Physics