Understanding One of Physics' Most Challenging Topics!

May 11, 2023
16 min
Season 2023 - Episode 12: Understanding One of Physics' Most Challenging Topics!

Season 2023 - Episode 12: Understanding One of Physics' Most Challenging Topics!

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Overview

If I roll a pair of dice and you get to bet on one number, what do you choose? The smart choice is 7 because there are more ways for 2 dice to come up 7 than any other number. Well, it turns out that you can apply the same logic to predicting the behavior of the universe. Let’s see how some of our most powerful tools in physics are really a game of cosmic craps.

Episode Information

TV Show

PBS Space Time

Season

Season 2023

Episode Number

12

Air Date

May 11, 2023

Runtime

16 minutes