Brian Greene: Why is our universe fine-tuned for life?
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http://www.ted.com At the heart of modern cosmology is a mystery: Why does our universe appear so exquisitely tuned to create the conditions necessary for life? In this tour de force tour of some of science's biggest new discoveries, Brian Greene shows how the mind-boggling idea of a multiverse may hold the answer to the riddle. TEDTalks is a d... Read more
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- -: Brian Greene: Why is our universe fine-tuned for life?
April 23, 2012 (about 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com At the heart of modern cosmology is a mystery: Why does our universe appear so exquisitely tuned to create the conditions necessary for life? In this tour de force tour of some of science's biggest new discoveries, Brian Greene shows how the mind-boggling idea of a multiverse m...
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- -: How Many Universes are There?
March 12, 2012 (about 12 years ago)The fact that no one knows the answer to this question is what makes it exciting. The story of physics has been one of an ever-expanding understanding of the sheer scale of reality, to the point where physicists are now postulating that there may be far more universes than just our own. Chris And...
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- -: TEDxStareMiasto - Joanna Molenda-Żakowicz - The world of stars and philosophy
February 16, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Since early childhood, Joanna suspected that apart from the ordinary world there is a realm of the beauty and ideas which we can enter if we wish to -- the world of stars and philosophy. The need to explore them both led her to study the stars hosting extra-solar planets discovered by the Kepler ...
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- -: Mary Evelyn Tucker - Journey of the Universe
May 27, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Mary Evelyn Tucker of Yale University introduced "Journey of the Universe," a new multi-media collaboration inspired by Thomas Berry's "The New Story." "Journey of the Universe" weaves together scientific discoveries and humanistic insights to create a new narrative of the evolution of the unive...
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- -: Richard Dawkins on our "queer" universe
January 16, 2007 (over 17 years ago)http://www.ted.com Biologist Richard Dawkins makes a case for "thinking the improbable" by looking at how the human frame of reference limits our understanding of the universe. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading...
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- -: Murray Gell-Mann: Beauty and truth in physics
December 7, 2007 (over 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com Armed with a sense of humor and laypeople's terms, Nobel winner Murray Gell-Mann drops some knowledge on TEDsters about particle physics, asking questions like, Are elegant equations more likely to be right than inelegant ones? TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best ta...
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- -: Roy Gould: WorldWide Telescope
February 29, 2008 (about 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com Science educator Roy Gould and Microsoft's Curtis Wong give an astonishing sneak preview of Microsoft's new WorldWide Telescope -- a technology that combines feeds from satellites and telescopes all over the world and the heavens, and weaves them together holistically to buil...
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- -: Stephen Hawking: Asking big questions about the universe
April 4, 2008 (about 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com Professor Stephen Hawking asks some big questions about our universe -- How did the universe begin? How did life begin? Are we alone? -- and discusses how we might go about answering them. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Confer...
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- -: Richard Dawkins: An atheist's call to arms
April 15, 2008 (about 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com Biologist Richard Dawkins launches into a full-on appeal for atheists to make public their beliefs and to aggressively fight the incursion of religion into politics and education. Dawkins' scornful tone drew strongly mixed reactions from the audience; some stood and applauded h...
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- -: Sir Martin Rees: Earth in its final century?
April 15, 2008 (about 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com In a taut soliloquy that takes us from the origins of the universe to the last days of a dying sun 6 billion years later, renowned cosmologist Sir Martin Rees explains why the 21st century is a pivotal moment in the history of humanity: the first time in history when we can ma...
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