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Astrophysicist Explains Gravity in 5 Levels of Difficulty | WIRED

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Astrophysicist Janna Levin, PhD, is asked to explain the concept of gravity to 5 different people; a child, a teen, a college student, a grad student, and an expert.

Levin is the Claire Tow Professor of Physics & Astronomy at Barnard College of Columbia University and author of "Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space."

She is also the Chair and Director of Sciences at Pioneer Works, where this video was filmed. To learn more, visit https://pioneerworks.org/

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Astrophysicist Explains Gravity in 5 Levels of Difficulty | WIRED
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Apr 22, 2022 · 2 points, 0 comments · submitted by mooreds
Jul 20, 2021 · 6 points, 0 comments · submitted by teleforce
Interesting ... another time holography in the context of physics has come up. Youtube recommended the Wired series where some expert explains some concept at different levels and one recent one was on Gravity [1]. In the expert section they talk briefly about holography and how a two dimensional surface seems to be able to encode all of the information of a three dimensional volume. They go on to speculate how this might relate to the event horizon of black holes. I get a bit lost since it is heavily edited and they are clearly talking about things beyond my ken. My takeaway was that there is a possibility the information we thought was getting lost within blackholes is actually still present within the surface of the event horizon.

There was also a brief mention of holography in this interview with String Theorist Jim Gates on Lex Fridman's Youtube channel [2]. I can't remember the exact context of how holography is related to strings but I believe he was talking about how it could impact some of the maths behind the multiple dimensions some string theories required.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcUey-DVYjk

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGQ3q4dO_9s

Dec 20, 2019 · 2 points, 0 comments · submitted by vo2maxer
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