The Physics of Everything: A 50-Module Journey for the Humanist

The Physics of Everything: A 50-Module Journey for the Humanist

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The Physics of Everything: A 50-Module Journey for the Humanist episodes

  • Episode 35 - The nucleus
    Step inside the atomic nucleus to explore radioactivity, the strong force, half-lives, fission, and fusion—from Marie Curie’s glowing lab to deep time and the birth of nuclear power.
    21 min
  • Episode 34 - Quantum at Work
    Discover how quantum mechanics powers everyday technology, from transistors and phone chips to lasers and the Sun, and learn the real science behind quantum computing beyond the hype.
    21 min
  • Episode 33 - Why the floor holds you up
    Why doesn't your foot fall through the floor? Discover how Pauli's exclusion principle explains the solidity of matter, demystifies Mendeleev's periodic table, and underpins the whole of chemistry.
    19 min
  • Episode 31 - Entanglement
    Explore quantum entanglement, Einstein's doubt, and Bell's inequality. Learn how counting flashes settled an epic debate on physical reality and locality.
    19 min
  • Episode 30 - Uncertainty
    Explore Heisenberg's uncertainty principle through acoustics and Michael Frayn's Copenhagen. Discover why quantum fuzziness is an intrinsic wave property, not clumsy measurement.
    19 min
  • Episode 29 - The double slit
    Explore the double-slit experiment: physics’ most beautiful and perplexing puzzle. Discover wave-particle duality, how observation alters reality, and why quantum logic defies intuition.
    17 min
  • Episode 28 - Why atoms exist
    Discover why atoms don't collapse, from Rutherford's nucleus to Bohr's quantum staircase and de Broglie's electron waves, revealing how the atom is built like a musical instrument.
    19 min
  • Episode 27 - An act of desperation
    Why doesn't microwave radiation give you a sunburn? Journey into the birth of quantum theory, from Planck's reluctant lumps to Einstein's revolutionary light packets.
    18 min

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This is a 50-episode podcast in physics as a body of ideas, built for one listener: Ashlee, the most wonderful person in the world. It runs from Thales to the latest dark-energy measurements in nine…