On Infinity and Creation (Seven Discussions)

 

Featuring Richard Dawkins, Lawrence Krauss, Arthur C. Clarke, Carl Sagan, Stephen Hawking, Roger Penrose, Carlo Rovelli, Helen Czerski, Adrian W. Moore, John D. Barrow, and H. Peter Aleff.

 

'Something from Nothing' A narrow understanding of reality plus a limited knowledge of the history of ideas can make idiots out of otherwise really bright people. A conversation with Richard Dawkins & Lawrence Krauss. youtu.be/q0mljE9K-gY via @YouTube #RichardDawkins #LawrenceKrauss #SomethingFromNothing #Atheism #Cosmology #Physics

 

‘God, the Universe, and Everything Else’ (1988). A discussion (52 minutes) with Arthur C. Clarke, Carl Sagan, and Stephen Hawking. Moderated by Magnus Magnusson. #God #Religion #Spirituality #Science #Physics #Mathematics #Infinity #Mandelbrotset #Time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKQQAv5svkk

 

‘Why Did Our Universe Begin?’ (Roger Penrose) A short discussion which shows the limitations of trying to understand creation purely on the basis of mathematics and physics, and a great deal of inference. #Infinity #BigBang #Creation #Entropy #RogerPenrose #Universe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypjZF6Pdrws

 

Physics in all its glory (BBC ‘Start the Week’, first broadcast November 9, 2020) Nobel Laureate Sir Roger Penrose joins Carlo Rovelli and Helen Czerski to discuss black holes and ocean currents with Andrew Marr. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000p6dl #Physics #Cosmology #Creation #BlackHoles #Size #CarloRovelli #RogerPenrose #HelenCzerski

 

Evading the Infinite: a Review of Adrian Moore’s radio series, 'A History of the Infinite', broadcast by the BBC in 2016. #Infinite #Infinity #philosophy #Reality #Mathematics #Being #SetTheory #Plato #Aristotle #Plotinus #Neoplatonism #Hilbert https://shrineinthesea.blogspot.com/2017/10/obscured-by-clouds-critical-review-of.html

 

Continued Fractions Professor John Barrow (Gresham College lecture) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCFF1l7NzVQ transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website: http://www.gresham.ac.uk/

 

The Egyptian Shen Ring. Discussed at Peter Aleff's 'Recovered Science' site. An Egyptian exercise in abstract and philosophical thought. #Shen #Egypt #Abstraction #Philosophy #Transcendentalism #Infinity #Nun #Atum #Creation #Numbers #HPeterAleff http://www.recoveredscience.com/const104shenring1.htm