The Great Questions of Philosophy and Physics

Offered By: The Great Courses Plus

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Physics Courses Mathematics Courses Philosophy Courses Critical Thinking Courses Atoms Courses Quantum States Courses

Course Description

Overview

<p>An award-winning teacher and philosopher makes sense of our strange universe.</p>

Syllabus

By This Professor
01: Does Physics Make Philosophy Superfluous?
02: Why Mathematics Works So Well with Physics
03: Can Physics Explain Reality?
04: The Reality of Einstein’s Space
05: The Nature of Einstein’s Time
06: The Beginning of Time
07: Are Atoms Real?
08: Quantum States: Neither True nor False?
09: Waves, Particles, and Quantum Entanglement
10: Wanted Dead and Alive: Schrödinger's Cat
11: The Dream of Grand Unification
12: The Physics of God

Taught by

Steven Gimbel

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