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What are Scientific Breakthroughs in Physics? | Episode 2103 | Closer To Truth

2023-01-11 Education
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Science explores how the world works. Breakthroughs drive science, challenging conventional wisdom, changing ways of thinking. Physics is foundational. What are Breakthroughs in Physics? What characterizes Breakthroughs in Physics? Featuring interviews with Robbert Dijkgraaf, Edward Witten, Karen Uhlenbeck, and Sabine Hossenfelder. ▶Early-release episodes of Season 21 available now at CloserToTruth.com: https://closertotruth.com/playlist/season-21/ ▶Register for free at CTT.com for subscriber-only exclusives: https://closertotruth.com/register/ Closer To Truth host Robert Lawrence Kuhn takes viewers on an intriguing global journey into cutting-edge labs, magnificent libraries, hidden gardens, and revered sanctuaries in order to discover state-of-the-art ideas and make them real and relevant. ▶Free access to Closer to Truth's library of 5,000 videos: http://bit.ly/376lkKN Closer to Truth 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)

@Grandunifiedcelery 2023-01-12

2:49 Robbert Dijkgraaf 7:32 Edward Witten 14:46 Karen Uhlenbeck 18:51 Sabine Hossenfelder

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@RemZon1994 2023-01-12

Funny to see Robbert Dijkgraaf in this video, he is currently Minister of Education, Culture and Science in my home country, the Netherlands.

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@CloserToTruthTV 2023-02-02

Closer To Truth airs on PBS stations. You can also watch Closer To Truth online at CloserToTruth.com or on our YouTube channel. This is episode 3 of our most recent season, aired first in 2022.

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@johnpayne7873 2023-01-11

I am intrigued by the human psychology that underlies a "breakthrough". Surely it is a peculiar amalgam of dissatisfaction, puzzlement, persistence, intuition, and hopefulness.

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@paulaneph3257 2023-01-11

Love this channel

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@quantumkath 2022-12-15

Karen Ullenbeck...inspiring!!

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@tomaskopolia1031 2023-01-14

Thank you very much for this video.

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@rwarren58 2023-01-12

It's not that you ask questions that need to be asked but that you can keep up with the modern day giants of physics and astronomy is wondrous. Thanks for bringing us closer to truth.

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@robertschlesinger1342 2023-09-03

Interesting and worthwhile video.

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@virtuosa69 2023-03-09

I'm so thankful and delighted to have found and subscribed to the website, and now YouTube channel 🙌 🙏

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