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.
- Update frequency
- every 16 days
- Episodes
- 17
- Years Active
- 2007 - 2008
Shedding Light on Dark Matter (part 4)
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 par…
Fri 29 Aug 2008
Shedding Light on Dark Matter (part 3)
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 …
Fri 22 Aug 2008
Shedding Light on Dark Matter (part 2)
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…
Thu 14 Aug 2008
Shedding Light on Dark Matter (part 1)
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 …
Sat 09 Aug 2008
Quantum Tunneling
Quantum Tunneling Tunneling 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 d…
Fri 18 Apr 2008
Intro to Quantum Mechanics
Intro to Quantum Mechanics Ironically, 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 qua…
Thu 14 Feb 2008
Borel's Infinite Monkeys
Borel's Infinite Monkeys Returning 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 o…
Wed 16 Jan 2008
Q&A With Brian Greene
Q&A With Brian Greene Last week string theorist and physicist at Columbia University, Brian Greene came to my university as a part of a lecture series featuring distinguished lecturers. He did a ques…
Sun 21 Oct 2007
Heisenburg's Uncertainty Principle
Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle What can a retired basketball player and a cannon full of paintballs teach us about quantum uncertainty? A lot, actually. Have a listen in on why we can't tell wher…
Thu 13 Sep 2007
The Banach-Tarski Paradox
The Banach-Tarski Paradox A mouthful no doubt! This week we go over just how a mathematical universe differs from a physical one on the basis of the Axiom of Choice. More interestingly, if we exploit…
Mon 03 Sep 2007
Rachel Cooper's Overview on Thought Experiments (guest)
Rachel Cooper's Overview Rachel Cooper, a lecturer at the University of Lancaster, provides for us an overview as to what thought experiments are and what they are used for. As a side note, she refer…
Sat 18 Aug 2007
Einstein's Relativity
Einstein's Relativity So many topics to cover in so little of time! Time dilation, spacetime continuums, all the sorts of fun stuff you learn in upper-level cosmology courses. Alas, we can't do justi…
Tue 07 Aug 2007
Poincare's Conjecture
Poincare's Conjecture Amidst more recording troubles, I had to do solo again this week. Alas, the show must go on and this week I talk about how extra dimensions can be rooted out of lower dimensiona…
Wed 01 Aug 2007
Mach's Machine
Mach's Machine Courtesy of Stanford Ersnt Mach proposed that perpetual motion machines went against common sense. In this solitary episode, I talk about various claims of pseudo-scientific energy com…
Sat 14 Jul 2007
Can Life be Patented? (Skypecast)
Can Life Be Patented? A deep philosophical question indeed, arisen from the recent episode of Science Friday's discussion on ethics of cloning. Andrew and I are joined by members of the Skype communi…
Tue 10 Jul 2007
Olbers' Paradox
Olbers' Paradox Detailing how the universe, if infinite, should be as bright as the surface of the sun, Andrew and I also talk about whether or not if theory is ahead of testability and the feasibili…
Thu 05 Jul 2007
Paley's Watch (Guest)
Paley's Watch Special guest of the Big Bang and Creationism Podcast and colleague of mine, Robert Lippens joins returning co-host Andrew and I on a discussion about Intelligent Design. William Paley …
Tue 26 Jun 2007
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