C’mon, it’s lovely weather for a podcast together with you! In our fa-la-la-last episode of 2020, Jocelyn and Bradley are celebrating Sir Isaac Newton’s 378th birthday with some Newtonmas caroling and a rousing discussion of physicists’ favorite fetish . . . We are referring, of course, to unification. The hosts consider whether the desire for a singular “theory of everything” can be traced back to Newton’s work, which was the first to bring the terrestrial and celestial realms under the same set of physical laws. They discuss the ironic fact that gravity—the original unifying force in the cosmos—is now the major obstacle to achieving a single, unified theory in physics. Finally, they consider possible motivations behind the quest for unification, and they debate whether a single, overarching theory is possible or even desirable. But just because our theories aren’t unified doesn’t mean we can’t be! Snuggle up together like birds of a feather (virtually, of course) and enjoy this holiday musical extravaganza we made just for you, friends.

Bang! Math professors prove TV show theory about the number 73: https://www.thedartmouth.com/article/2019/05/bang-math-professors-prove-tv-show-theory-about-the-number-73
Lisa Randall “Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs”: https://www.amazon.com/Dark-Matter-Dinosaurs-Astounding-Interconnectedness-ebook/dp/B00T3CU1ZK/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1W10RU4YD4CAE&dchild=1&keywords=dark+matter+and+the+dinosaurs&qid=1608215352&s=digital-text&sprefix=Dark+Matter+and+th%2Cdigital-text%2C266&sr=1-1
The Singular Universe and the Reality of Time: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00O0RKDBA/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i4
Sean Carroll’s From Eternity to Here: The Quest for the Ultimate Theory of Time https://www.amazon.com/Eternity-Here-Quest-Ultimate-Theory-ebook/dp/B002VXTAZ0/ref=sr_1_5?crid=3DVSU0TWOQ645&dchild=1&keywords=from+here+to+eternity&qid=1608213402&s=digital-text&sprefix=from+here+to+et%2Cdigital-text%2C262&sr=1-5
Katie Mack’s “The end of everything”: https://www.amazon.com/End-Everything-Astrophysically-Speaking-ebook/dp/B07Z41TTNK/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=Katie+Mack&qid=1608215393&s=digital-text&sr=1-2
Origins of Monotheism: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/monotheism/
Religion population per country: https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/religion-by-country
https://www.worldreligiondatabase.org/

Videos:
BigThink, Michio Kaku: The Theory of Everything: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hOGfwt0ERk
Fermilab, GUTs and TOES: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LGBo7dLgYk
Steve Weinberg - Toward the Unification of Physics | Interactive 2013 | SXSW: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSEXA5JueRU
Supersymmetry & Grand Unification: Lecture 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6srShxBCrk

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