Awesome video, I just love how Yale uploads public lectures. They seem to have added some more videos, not sure how many though. But I really enjoyed this one most, I sure as hell don't understand the loads of Math at the start but still.
Frontiers/Controversies in Astrophysics (ASTR 160)
Professor Bailyn begins the class with a discussion of a recent New York Times article about the discovery of a new, earth-like planet. He then discusses concepts such as epicycles, dark energy and dark matter; imaginary ideas invented to explain 96% of the universe. The Anthropic Principle is introduced and the possibility of the multiverse is addressed. Finally, biological arguments are put forth for how complexity occurs on a cosmological scale. The lecture and course conclude with a discussion on the fine differences between science and philosophy.
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mOnion United States. October 23 2009 15:51. Posts 540
i do wanna watch this though something to do at the lan tomorrow ^^
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Just saw it now. It's a nice lecture, and I wish more of my professors had the cojones to stray a little away from the course material to discuss interesting tangents such as this.
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