PIRSA:07090063  ( Flash Presentation, Windows Presentation, Windows Video File , MP3  , PDF) Which Format?

Speaker(s): Max Tegmark - Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Abstract: I analyze a series of common objections to Everett's Many Worlds Interpretation. I discuss which ones are unique to quantum mechanics, and which have nothing to do with quantum mechanics per se as they can also be debated in the context of other areas of physics

Date: 22/09/2007 - 11:40 am

Collection: Many Worlds at 50

URL: http://pirsa.org/07090063/

PIRSA:07020011  ( Flash Presentation, Windows Presentation, Windows Video File , MP3  , PDF) Which Format?

Speaker(s): Max Tegmark - Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Abstract: I first summarize how the recent avalanche of precision measurements involving the cosmic microwave background, galaxy clustering, the Lyman alpha forest, gravitational lensing, supernovae Ia and other tools probes has transformed our understanding of our universe. I then discuss key open problems s... read more

Date: 01/02/2007 - 11:00 am

Series: Cosmology

URL: http://pirsa.org/07020011/

PIRSA:07010003  ( Flash Presentation, Windows Presentation, Windows Video File , MP3  , PDF) Which Format?

Speaker(s): Max Tegmark - Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Abstract: With a cosmic flight simulator, we'll take a scenic journey through space and time. After exploring our local Galactic neighborhood, we'll travel back 13.7 billion years to explore the Big Bang itself and how state-of-the-art measurements are transforming our understanding of our cosmic origin and... read more

Date: 31/01/2007 - 2:00 pm

Series: Colloquium

URL: http://pirsa.org/07010003/