Conversations About Astrophysics & Astronomy
By Howard Burton
Length9h 41m
About this audiobook
FIVE BOOKS IN ONE! This collection includes the following 5 complete Ideas Roadshow books featuring leading researchers providing fully accessible insights into cutting-edge academic research while revealing the inspirations and personal journeys behind the research. A detailed preface highlights the connections between the different books and all five books are broken into chapters with a detailed introduction and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter:
I. Cosmological Conundrums - A conversation with Justin Khoury. This book is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Justin Khoury, Professor of Physics at the University of Pennsylvania. This extensive conversation gives a window into the world of a practicing, theoretical physicist cosmologist, the often-considerable gap between formal scientific positions and personal scientific interests and examines a wide range of fascinating topics that his research covers such as the early universe, the Big Bang, dark matter, dark energy, Cosmic Microwave Background, the MOND (Modified Newtonian Dynamics) theory, and more.
II. Astrophysical Wonders - A conversation with Scott Tremaine. This book is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Scott Tremaine, Professor Emeritus of Astrophysics at the Institute for Advanced Study and an internationally renowned expert in both galactic-scale and planetary-scale astronomy. Topics that are part of this extensive conversation include the process of scientific discovery, in particular related to comets, Pluto, planetary rings, shepherding satellites, exoplanets, chaos theory and the formation, stability and uniqueness of our solar system. Further topics include galactic-scale astronomy, galaxy formation, dark matter, quasars, black holes, the large-scale structure of the universe and many outstanding open questions of contemporary astrophysics.
III. A Universe Of Particles: Cosmological Reflections - A conversation with Rocky Kolb. This book is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Rocky Kolb, the Arthur Holly Compton Distinguished Service Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Chicago. After an inspiring story of how Rocky Kolb became interested in science, this wide-ranging conversation covers topics such as the development of and his work on inflationary cosmology, the Standard Model of particle physics, dark matter, dark energy, Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND), the Large Hadron Collider, advice for high-school teachers to ignite a passion for learning in students, and more.
IV. Inflated Expectations: A Cosmological Tale - A conversation with Paul Steinhardt. This book is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Paul Steinhardt, the Albert Einstein Professor of Science and Director of the Center for Theoretical Science at Princeton University. He is one of the originators of the theory of cosmic inflation and has become one of its fiercest critics. This fascinating conversation covers topics such as Paul Steinhardt’s scientific development, his formative experiences at Caltech including his encounters with Richard Feynman, his development and later scepticism of the theory of cosmic inflation, the response of the scientific community to the failure of this theory, his theory of cosmology, The Ekpyrotic Universe, and more.
V. The Cyclic Universe - A conversation with Roger Penrose.
This extensive conversation between Howard Burton and Roger Penrose, co-recipient of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics and Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at the Mathematical Institute at the University of Oxford, explores the fundamental problem that is consistently being overlooked in modern cosmology, “Why did our universe begin in such a particular state of extremely low entropy?”, Roger Penrose's motivation to come up with his Conformal Cyclic Cosmology (CCC) theory and detailed insights into his groundbreaking research.
Howard Burton is the founder and host of all Ideas Roadshow Conversations and was the Founding Executive Director of Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. He holds a PhD in theoretical physics and an MA in philosophy.
Audiobook details
GenreScience and Nature, Young Adult
Length9 hrs 41 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Contents
58Introduction
2Textual Note
59The Conversation
3Preface
60I. Cool Beginnings
4Cosmological Conundrums
61Questions for Discussion:
5A conversation with Justin Khoury
62II. Cosmic Inflation
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6Introduction
63Questions for Discussion:
7The Conversation
64III. Dark Matter
8I. Becoming a Physicist
65Questions for Discussion:
9Questions for Discussion:
66IV. Dark Energy
10II. The Victim of Its Success?
67Questions for Discussion:
11Questions for Discussion:
68V. Motivational Insights
12III. Periodically Fiery
69Questions for Discussion:
13Questions for Discussion:
70Continuing the Conversation
14IV. The CMB
71Inflated Expectations
15Questions for Discussion:
72A Cosmological Tale
16V. The Process of Discovery
73A conversation with Paul Steinhardt
17Questions for Discussion:
74Introduction
18VI. Learning from History
75The Conversation
19Questions for Discussion:
76I. Scientific Beginnings
20VII. MOND vs. Dark Matter, Part I
77Questions for Discussion:
21Questions for Discussion:
78II. Inflationary Excitement
22VIII. MOND vs. Dark Matter, Part II
79Questions for Discussion:
23Questions for Discussion:
80III. Progress, Tuned Appropriately
24IX. Why Not Both?
81Questions for Discussion:
25Questions for Discussion:
82IV. Two Major Issues
26X. Dark Energy
83Questions for Discussion:
27Questions for Discussion:
84V. Cosmological Denial
28XI. Personal vs. Professional
85Questions for Discussion:
29Questions for Discussion:
86VI. Bouncing Back?
30XII. Revolutionary Rumblings
87Questions for Discussion:
31Questions for Discussion:
88Continuing the Conversation
32Astrophysical Wonders
89The Cyclic Universe
33A conversation with Scott Tremaine
90A conversation with Roger Penrose
34Introduction
91Introduction
35The Conversation
92The Conversation
36I. Personal Reflections
93I. Inadvertent Success
37Questions for Discussion:
94Questions for Discussion:
38II. Exoplanetary Insights
95II. Considering Entropy
39Questions for Discussion:
96Questions for Discussion:
40III. Puzzles and Solutions
97III. Mysteries and False Explanations
41Questions for Discussion:
98Questions for Discussion:
42IV. Rings, Comets and Pluto
99IV. Conformal Geometry
43Questions for Discussion:
100Questions for Discussion:
44V. Investigating Stability
101V. CCC: The Basic Idea
45Questions for Discussion:
102Questions for Discussion:
46VI. Large-scale Issues
103VI. Light Cones
47Questions for Discussion:
104Questions for Discussion:
48VII. Black Holes
105VII. Massive Headaches
49Questions for Discussion:
106Questions for Discussion:
50VIII. Fundamental Questions
107VIII. Necessary Conditions
51Questions for Discussion:
108Questions for Discussion:
52IX. Concluding Thoughts
109IX. Cosmic Imprints?
53Questions for Discussion:
110Questions for Discussion:
54Continuing the Conversation
111X. Battling Onwards
55A Universe of Particles
112Questions for Discussion:
56Cosmological Reflections
113Continuing the Conversation
57A conversation with Rocky Kolb
114Ideas Roadshow Collections
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