Quantum Physics and Universal Beauty - with Frank Wilczek

How simple questions inspired Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek’s groundbreaking work in quantum physics.

Nobel laureate, Frank Wilczek’s groundbreaking work in quantum physics was inspired by his intuition to look for a deeper order of beauty in the universe, using simple questions in an attempt to see the whole answer.

Wilczek explores how this quest has also guided the work of all great scientific thinkers in the Western world, from Plato to Einstein, and shows us just how deeply intertwined our ideas about perception, beauty and art are with our scientific understanding of the cosmos.

Frank Wilczek is an American theoretical physicist and mathematician. He is currently Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Professor Wilczek shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2004 for the discovery of asymptotic freedom in the theory of the strong interaction. As well as his academic work, he has written popular science books and is on the board for Society for Science & the Public.

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[owhs]

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you're welcome lol

[glutinousmaximus]

'Beauty' - hmm...
I'm sure Richard Feynman (talking about 'guesses' or hypotheticals) said something like: "It doesn't matter how elegant or beautiful your hypothesis is, or who said it; if it doesn't match experiments, _then it's wrong!_
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[susanspurrett]

As an artist who loves physics, I find Frank Wilczek inspirational ❤

[SusiMilne]

Although I appreciate this video with all of my heart, I am shocked! That Frank Wilczek did not once credit the great dutch Artist Maurits Cornelis Escher of whose work is used as an example here in this lecture. Wilczek blithely assumes that Escher's brilliant work on perspective and symmetry is somehow ubiquitous in the Art World. It is NOT! Please give credit where it is due, thank you very much

[lupelicious]

I listened to this on my 1hr+ commute home today, driving through the hills with my windows rolled down. Super relaxing, and the pauses give room to let things sink in. Seems like a pretty cool guy. I'd like to see him do a cooking show.

[coalbear]

This guy gives amazing lectures. His calm, percise voice is hypnotic.

[artillery]

We will learned the secrets of quantum mechanics the problem is that the next Einstein is yet to be born. Someone will unite quantum mechanics with general relativity it’s coming hopefully my son will crack these secrets.

[keithkucera]

I never gave up and found quantum gravity intersects with the charge at this level

[daxxonjabiru]

Frank, you're good enough, you're smart enough, and gosh darn it -- people like you! Now settle down and wow us!

[CGMaat]

Tiled floor from a different perspective is like visiting the plane of 3 D from a higher perspective …….an exercise to ponder change without change- might be the secret to solving our divided ness…. DIFFERENT BY SAME—-ALL IN IT TOGETHER !

[starwonder]

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[justingreenough]

Probably the least compelling RI presentation available on YouTube. Unprepared, uninspiring. Thumbs down Frank, we all know you can do much better.

[rfvtgbzhn]

28:00 This is the first picture of Maxwell I have seen where he doesn't have a beard.

[fredamel]

A great talk. Sadly, most times we can't see what he's showing the public.

[webspecific]

I cannot afford to have an ad free experience but The Royal Institution surely can afford to cut down on the innumerable ads.

[vikassinha]

Very weird. He just keeps jumping from one topic to another and sprays keywords and symmetry nonsense.

[davidwilkie]

The concept of existence is an amorphous information cloud of fluid motion, and the occurrence of dominant probability of synchronized change in motion forms space time. This process is exemplified by boiling fluid, one that emits and combines throughout existence, then has the "residual" asynchronous spectrum of motion excluded from synch that is fields of quantized connection, - Quantum Fields.

The properties of async are arranged by the math of probability distribution, in sync, duality/symmetry, 3D, ..to the limit of improbablity at the boundary of zero, beyond completeness.

To represent this ultimate vanishing point of information, distribution requires a completeness of combined techniques that inform the perception of a connected universe, and this process is dependent on total reflection of the information as "spin", so apparently, a spin/wave "writes" the point origin of connection into the structure of space time by combinations of probability duration.

We like what we believe we are in tune with / understand.

[Sharperthanu]

That tie that Frank is wearing has the same ( or very similar) design on it as the design on the wall behind him.

[botfred]

Spoiler alert, It didint work. They didint find any super-symetrical particles.
Now stop conjuring mystical assumptions and do actual materialistic science. Thanks

[SanyLiew]

This lecture is one of the best lecture I ever heard. From knowing nothing about symmetry. I am now full of idea and imagination about it and how the world is shaped by this idea.