Physics & Philosophy with Sean Carroll

About this episode

Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice discuss profound questions about the universe with theoretical physicist Sean Carroll.

Why is the past different from the future? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice explore the universe’s deepest questions like why is there anything, how we know we are in the real present, if there could be a unified theory of physics and more with theoretical physicist Sean Carroll.

People in this episode

Hosts: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Chuck Nice

Guest: Sean Carroll

Topics covered

• physics
• philosophy
• universe
• theoretical physics
• time
• reality

Keywords

• physics
• philosophy
• time
• unified theory
• theoretical physics
• universe
• reality

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Organizations: StarTalk Radio

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