Philosophy
That's probably not the first question that comes to mind for most people when they wake up in the morning, but it is definitely one that has kept some of the greatest minds of all time awake at night. What exactly is space? Is it a substance? Is it merely a relationship between objects? Whatever it is, is it static or dynamic, absolute or relative, immanent or transcendent? If there no physical objects in the universe, would empty space still exist, or is that an incoherent question, like asking what happened before the beginning of time? Join Brian Greene in a fascinating (if gimmicky) exploration of one of the most fundamental scientific and philosophical questions in this first episode of The Fabric of the Cosmos:
And in case the youtube video stops working at some point, here's the original from NOVA:
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Philosophy
The Fabric of the Cosmos - What Is Space?
And in case the youtube video stops working at some point, here's the original from NOVA:
Watch The Fabric of the Cosmos: What Is Space? on PBS. See more from NOVA.
For more related videos, check out the Elegant Universe Tag.
- Week Two: Natural Philosophy
FILM: QUANTUM THINKING The film asks what is real. When we observe objects you do not sufficiently define it because we do not fully understand it. As the film states, we are "invariably altering what we are examining." We form our own opinions that differs...
- Gravitational Waves - Einstein's Messengers
One of the most important differences between Newton and Einstein's physics has to do with the nature of space and time. Contrary to Newton, who argued that space and time form an absolute background upon which all physical events take place, Einstein...
- Heretofore Unpublished Einstein Paper [1931] And Commentary
Abstract... We present a translation and analysis of an unpublished manuscript by Albert Einstein in which he proposed a 'steady-state' model of the universe. The manuscript appears to have been written in early 1931 and demonstrates that...
- Time For Some "science Fiction" From Brian Greene
To be aired November 2nd, 2011 on PBS's Nova. Brian Greene Previews NOVA's "The Fabric of the Cosmos"...
- Neil Degrasse Tyson..."nova Sciencenow"--2nd Season
Neil deGrasse Tyson [cool jacket] Since the death of Carl Sagan, a vacuum was left when it came to popularizing science, but there are new individuals on the horizon. There is Brian Greene and now Neil deGrasse Tyson [Astrophysicist and Director of the...