Quantum Information meets Cosmology with Dr Aditya Iyer

About this episode

Dr Aditya Iyer discusses the intersection of quantum information and cosmology, exploring how quantum phenomena relate to the early universe and existence itself.

From the Big Bang puzzles to testing if the early universe was quantum entangled — physicist Dr Aditya Iyer, from the University of Oxford, explains how quantum phenomena are key to understanding cosmology, gravity and even how it's possible we exist at all.

People in this episode

Host: Maria Violaris

Guest: Dr Aditya Iyer

Topics covered

• quantum information
• cosmology
• gravity
• quantum entanglement
• Big Bang puzzles

Keywords

• quantum information
• cosmology
• quantum entanglement
• Big Bang
• gravity
• early universe

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Oxford

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