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Philip Ball

Hosted by Robin Ince and Dr Helen Czerski this episode of the Science Shambles podcast is an audio recording of our weekly Sunday Science Q and A show that goes out at 3pm GMT on our YouTube channel. On this episode Robin and Helen are joined by Phil Ball and Fay Dowker to talk quantum physics, define spin and double slit experiments...  Watch them on our YouTube channel at youtube.com/cosmicshambles and get bonus content and extended conversations with guests by subscribing at patreon.com/cosmicshambles

Hosted by Robin Ince and Dr Helen Czerski this episode of the Science Shambles podcast is an audio recording of our weekly Sunday Science Q and A show that goes out at 3pm GMT on our YouTube channel. On this episode Robin and Helen are joined by Phil Ball and Fay Dowker to talk quantum physics, define spin and double slit experiments... Watch them on our YouTube channel at <a href="http://youtube.com/cosmicshambles" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">youtube.com/cosmicshambles</a> and get bonus content and extended conversations with guests by subscribing at <a href="http://patreon.com/cosmicshambles" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/cosmicshambles</a>

Philip Ball and Fay Dowker - Live Sunday Q and A

This week, we’re going on a search for the theory of everything.The two main theories of physics are at odds with one another. Einstein's general relativity explains gravity, but it contradicts quantum theory: how we understand matter, atoms and particles.Theoretical physicist at Imperial College London Professor Fay Dowker has been working on a solution to this quantum gravity problem, and tells us why the theories are incompatible, and how she plans to bring them together.If you have a burning science question you want an expert to answer, send them to us on twitter at @sciencefocus, and we may answer them in a future episode. Subscribe to the Science Focus Podcast on these services: Acast, iTunes, Stitcher, RSS, Overcast Let us know what you think of the episode with a review or a comment wherever you listen to your podcasts.Listen to more episodes of the Science Focus Podcast: Dr Erin Macdonald: Is there any science in Star Trek? Dr Becky Smethurst: How do you actually find a black hole? Kathryn D. Sullivan: What is it really like to walk in space? Hannah Fry: How much of our lives is secretly underpinned by maths? Robert Elliott Smith: Are algorithms inherently biased? Monica Grady: What is the future of space science?  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week, we’re going on a search for the theory of everything.The two main theories of physics are at odds with one another. Einstein's general relativity explains gravity, but it contradicts quantum theory: how we understand matter, atoms and particles.Theoretical physicist at Imperial College London <a href="https://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/f.dowker" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Professor Fay Dowker</a> has been working on a solution to this quantum gravity problem, and tells us why the theories are incompatible, and how she plans to bring them together.If you have a burning science question you want an expert to answer, send them to us on twitter at <a href="http://twitter.com/sciencefocus" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@sciencefocus</a>, and we may answer them in a future episode.<ul><li> Subscribe to the Science Focus Podcast on these services: <a href="https://www.acast.com/science-focus-podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Acast</a>, <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/science-focus-podcast/id1296673906?mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">iTunes</a>, <a href="https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/immediate-media-2/science-focus-podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stitcher</a>, <a href="https://rss.acast.com/science-focus-podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">RSS</a>, <a href="https://overcast.fm/itunes1296673906/science-focus-podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Overcast</a> </li></ul>Let us know what you think of the episode with a review or a comment wherever you listen to your podcasts.Listen to more episodes of the Science Focus Podcast:<ul> <li><a href="https://www.sciencefocus.com/space/dr-erin-macdonald-is-there-any-science-in-star-trek/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dr Erin Macdonald: Is there any science in Star Trek?</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.sciencefocus.com/space/dr-becky-smethurst-how-do-you-actually-find-a-black-hole/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dr Becky Smethurst: How do you actually find a black hole?</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.sciencefocus.com/space/kathryn-d-sullivan-what-is-it-really-like-to-walk-in-space/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kathryn D. Sullivan: What is it really like to walk in space?</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/hannah-fry-how-much-of-our-lives-are-secretly-underpinned-by-maths/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hannah Fry: How much of our lives is secretly underpinned by maths?</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.sciencefocus.com/future-technology/robert-elliott-smith-are-algorithms-inherently-biased/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Robert Elliott Smith: Are algorithms inherently biased?</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.sciencefocus.com/space/monica-grady-what-is-the-future-of-space-science/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Monica Grady: What is the future of space science?</a></li> </ul> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

Professor Fay Dowker: What is the problem of quantum gravity?

For a long time Fay Dowker was mathematically precocious, but emotionally uncertain. These days, despite working in an area with few academic allies, she is more confident than ever. Her approach to a Theory of Everything, known as causal set theory, acknowledges the quantum nature of the universe and takes the arrow of time more seriously than Einstein. Bye bye time travel. Fay started her Life Scientific working on the assumption that the texture of the universe was continuous and smooth, with Stephen Hawking as her supervisor. But mid-career, she changed her mind. She now thinks in terms of 'atoms' of space-time. Down at the tiniest scale imaginable, the universe is granular, made of discrete entities that represent a point in space and a moment in time. Most theoretical physicists were shocked to discover in 1998 that the expansion rate of the universe was accelerating. Not the causal set theorists. Unlike everyone else, they were expecting this result. What's more, if causual set theory is right, there will be no need to explain dark energy, an idea which seems 'just wacky and a little bit malicious', to Fay. Producer: Anna Buckley.

For a long time Fay Dowker was mathematically precocious, but emotionally uncertain. These days, despite working in an area with few academic allies, she is more confident than ever. Her approach to a Theory of Everything, known as causal set theory, acknowledges the quantum nature of the universe and takes the arrow of time more seriously than Einstein. Bye bye time travel. Fay started her Life Scientific working on the assumption that the texture of the universe was continuous and smooth, with Stephen Hawking as her supervisor. But mid-career, she changed her mind. She now thinks in terms of 'atoms' of space-time. Down at the tiniest scale imaginable, the universe is granular, made of discrete entities that represent a point in space and a moment in time. Most theoretical physicists were shocked to discover in 1998 that the expansion rate of the universe was accelerating. Not the causal set theorists. Unlike everyone else, they were expecting this result. What's more, if causual set theory is right, there will be no need to explain dark energy, an idea which seems 'just wacky and a little bit malicious', to Fay. Producer: Anna Buckley.

Fay Dowker on a new theory of space-time

Theoretical cosmologist Professor Fay Dowker joins Robin and Josie this week to talk about the science behind Alan Moore's work, Émile Zola, Noam Chomsky, the letters of Albert Einstein and more, including quizzing Josie on the Newtonian physics of her butt on her chair...