Gravity | Laura Mersini-Houghton, Erik Verlinde, Frank Wilczek

Philosophy For Our Times

English - April 06, 2017 19:45 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MB - ★★★★ - 260 ratings
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We all think we know what gravity is. But where gravity comes from stumped Newton, and 300 years later we are no closer to an explanation. We don't even have a mathematical account of gravity that applies in all situations. Why is a force so central to the universe so elusive in its character?

Theoretical physicist Laura Mersini Houghton, Nobel Prize-winner Frank Wilczek and string theorist Eric Verlinde examine the enigma of gravity.

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