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Sean Carroll on Physics, the Multiverse, and Quantum Mechanics | Closer To Truth Chats

2024-05-15 Education
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Make a donation to Closer To Truth to help us continue exploring the world's deepest questions without the need for paywalls: https://shorturl.at/OnyRq Why is matter solid? Why is there antimatter? Where do the sizes of atoms come from? Theoretical physicist and philosopher Sean Carroll cuts to the bare mathematical essence of our most profound theories, explaining every step in his new book, "Quanta and Fields: The Biggest Ideas in the Universe". In this interview, Carroll uses the basics of quantum mechanics itself to explain measurement and entanglement before exploring how the world is really made of fields. Carroll's book, "Quanta and Fields", is available for purchase now: https://amzn.to/49ZU8Oq Sean Carroll is Homewood Professor of Natural Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University, and Fractal Faculty at the Santa Fe Institute. He is host of the Mindscape podcast, and author of several bestselling books. He has been awarded prizes and fellowships by the National Science Foundation, NASA, the American Institute of Physics, the Royal Society of London, and many others. Watch more Closer To Truth Chats: https://t.ly/jJI7e Closer To Truth, hosted by Robert Lawrence Kuhn and directed by Peter Getzels, presents the world’s greatest thinkers exploring humanity’s deepest questions. Discover fundamental issues of existence. Engage new and diverse ways of thinking. Appreciate intense debates. Share your own opinions. Seek your own answers.

Top Comments (10)

@atbh10 2024-05-15

Sean - the most brilliant and clearest 'explainer' of Physics/Science/Nature today!

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@Robinson-1878 2024-05-15

Two top guys, RLK and Sean themselves. Let Sean interview RLK one day please, as he must be omnisicient by now!

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@AngusRockford 2024-05-26

Excellent interview. No time wasted. Just the facts (with a tiny bit of speculation, clearly identified as such) and zero bullshit. Thanks Robert and Sean!

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@billzemek 2024-05-17

That was absolutely the best video on the subject ever !! Interviewer and interviewee delivered wonderful content with great clarity. So then I immediately ordered the book, even though I wont get it until October. Sean is always good, and the pairing with RLK was brilliant.

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@NeoArchitec 2024-05-17

When we think classically we think particles and when we think of quantum, we think of the quantum state, then particles. So obvious, and yet I never thought about that until now. Thank you for that one.

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@mariuszpopieluch7373 2024-06-27

Yeah, Sean is a superstar!

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@FaisalAzmi1965 2024-05-17

Given that most here (including me) would be lacking the prerequisites to make sense of a conventional text on Quantum Field Theory. Sean's book offers atleast a small but honest window into the reality of QFT. One that is very likely to provide the crucial motivation, pushing us to reach out and equip ourselves with the missing prerequisites and move into more definitive mathematical readings of QFT.

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@alecpurcell3411 2024-05-19

Great conversation. Things got a little heated!

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@juantkastellar2655 2024-05-25

Esta entrevista fue enormemente interesante. Carroll es uno de los más grandes científicos de nuestro tiempo.

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@grarx.elg60txkkl2d0fkalufgxrfe 2025-10-22

i have no idea what these dudes are talking about but boy did i sleep like a baby.

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