The Thought Experiment
Thought Experiments are described as devices of the imagination used to investigate the nature of things. Everything from the nature of philosophy, mathematics and physics and the construction of ideas applies to Thought Experiments.
- Website
- http://lzarra.blogspot.com/
- Description
- 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.
- Language
- 🇬🇧 English
- last modified
- 2024-03-27 17:13
- last episode published
- 2011-08-08 17:51
- publication frequency
- 75.22 days
- Contributors
- Will Backman
- Owner
- Scott V. Burger
- Author
- Explicit
- false
- Number of Episodes
- 21
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- Detail page
- Categories
- Natural Sciences Science & Medicine
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Episodes
| Date | Title & Description | Contributors |
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| 2011-08-08 | The first episode of the new joint podcast, "Questioning the Cosmos" is online. Check it out and stuff! |
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| 2008-08-31 | Shedding Light on Dark Matter PowerpointI've added as supplementary material here, my actual printed powerpoint presentation slides for the 4-part 50-minute lecture. Although the incredible animation effects that went into the Barry Bonds segment aren'... |
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| 2008-08-29 | 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 travel. Dark Matter is one of those topics.In this final part of the series, we go over a very brief history of Dar... |
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| 2008-08-22 | 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 travel. Dark Matter is one of those topics.In this third of 4 part series, we go over candidates for dark matter pa... |
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| 2008-08-14 | 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 travel. Dark Matter is one of those topics.In this second of 4 part series, I do a thought experiment involving Bar... |
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| 2008-08-09 | 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 travel. Dark Matter is one of those topics.In this first of 4 part series, I give a brief introduction and go over ... |
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| 2008-07-03 | The Strong Nuclear ForceThe Thought Experiment podcast has been kind of stagnant lately. Largely because I've been so busy here on campus with Dark Matter research and so on and hopefully this video, a talk I gave recently on the strong nuclear force t... |
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| 2008-04-18 | Quantum TunnelingTunneling is a very, very mathematical process by which a particle can 'leak' out into its surroundings. This has to do with all sorts of things called wave functions, probability densities, and so on, but the real aspect behind them i... |
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| 2008-02-14 | Intro to Quantum MechanicsIronically, the delay for this week's quantum mechanics podcast was brought on by quantum mechanics homework. In any case, this week I delve into the beginnings of what quantum mechanics is, opening up the playing field into t... |
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| 2008-01-16 | Borel's Infinite MonkeysReturning triumphant for a second season of thought experimenting, we continue on our history of thought experiments into the later 1920s with Borel's mathematical analysis of what happens when you get a ton of monkeys in a room... |
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