Alan Lightman, novelist and physicist, talks on YouTube about God, books, physics and other weighty matters during his recent visit to the New York State Writers Institute on February 2, 2012.
"I let books choose me. I like to let ideas thrash around in my mind for a year or two...."
Lightman presented his new book, Mr. g: A Novel About the Creation (2012).
See the video.
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Thursday, February 23, 2012
Alan Lightman Talks About God, fiction, etc.
Friday, February 17, 2012
The Mind of God
Physicist and bestselling author Michio Kaku, who visits the Writers Institute Tuesday 2/21, is at work on a "theory of everything" as proposed by Einstein.
Kaku approaches the issue via string theory, to which he is a major contributor:
"Chemistry is nothing but the melodies you can play on vibrating strings, and the mind of God, the mind of God that Einstein worked on for the last 30 years of his life, the mind of God would be cosmic music. Cosmic music resonating through 11 dimensional hyperspace. You see, our universe is a symphony. It's a symphony of vibrating strings and possibly membranes, but when it was born, it was born as a perfect entity in 11 dimensional hyperspace. That may eventually give us 'a theory of everything.'"
"So, people come up to me and say, 'Professor, if this is a theory of everything, what's in it for me? What's in it for numero uno? Why should I care?' Well, let me tell you why you should care about a theory of everything." More.
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Doorways to a Parallel Universe?
Big Bangs may be happening all the time, creating an ever-expanding number of parallel universes.
Physicist Michio Kaku, who visits 2/21, thinks he knows a way to create a portal to get into one.
Kaku formerly hosted the show "Physics of the Impossible," based on his 2008 bestseller, on Discovery's Science Channel. See a clip from the episode here (and pardon the commercials).
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