2 - What's It Like to Discover Quantum Mechanics?

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101 — How Will AI Change Physics? (Ft. Yoni Kahn)

In 2023, Dan made a bet with physicist Yoni Kahn about whether AI would be able to pass a graduate-level quantum field theory course by 2026. Today on the show, they revisit their bet and discuss what AI is capable of in physics today, and how it might change the field moving for ...  Show more

100 - What is Light? A Journey from Ancient Philosophy to Quantum Physics

Modern physics tells us a lot about light; that it's both a wave and a particle, and that it sets the speed limit of the universe, for example. But how did we come to understand light in this way?In Dan's first solo episode, he takes us through theories of light through the ages, ...  Show more

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