The Woman Who Broke Gravity | Claudia de Rham

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SPONSOR: As a listener of TOE, you can now enjoy full digital access to The Economist. Get a 20% off discount by visiting: https://www.economist.com/toe Watch PART 2 with Claudia de Rham here! https://youtu.be/hNPMKy6RxCE Claudia de Rham is a prominent theoretical physicist and a professor at Imperial College London, renowned for her pioneering research in modifying gravity theories. With a strong background in cosmology and gravitational physics, Claudia has significantly advanced our understanding of the universe’s fundamental forces. TOE'S TOP LINKS: - Patreon: https://patreon.com/curtjaimungal (early access to ad-free audio episodes!) - Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4gL14b92xAErofYQA7bU4e - Become a YouTube Member Here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdWIQh9DGG6uhJk8eyIFl1w/join - Join TOEmail at https://www.curtjaimungal.org SPONSORS (check them out): - THE ECONOMIST: As a listener of TOE, you can now enjoy full digital access to The Economist. Get a 20% off discount by visiting: https://www.economist.com/toe - INDEED: Get your jobs more visibility at https://indeed.com/theories ($75 credit to book your job visibility) - HELLOFRESH: For FREE breakfast for life go to https://www.HelloFresh.com/freetheoriesofeverything LINKS MENTIONED: - 'The Beauty of Falling' (Claudia’s book): https://amzn.to/3Xcfm8z - The Economist (Article) "The Universe’s Creaking Model": https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2024/06/19/the-dominant-model-of-the-universe-is-creaking - Fay Dowker on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgYHEPCLVas - "People of IP": https://insidetheperimeter.ca/fr/les-gens-de-lip-la-gravite-na-pas-de-prise-sur-claudia-de-rham/ - Claudia de Rham Imperial Profile - https://profiles.imperial.ac.uk/c.de-rham - Claudia’s Talk (The Royal Institution): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7MN64JlsMw - Claudia on New Scientist - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQTjpK8-lCY - Iceberg of String Theory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4PdPnQuwjY Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 01:00 - Wrong Assumptions About Gravity 09:28 - General Relativity 11:43 - Everything is Quantized at the Fundamental Level 13:07 - Quantum Theory and General Relativity 18:35 - ‘The Beauty of Falling’ Book 27:40 - Repulsion vs. Attraction 31:37 - Expansion of the Universe 48:02 - How Did We Not Discover This Earlier? 01:03:53 - Curt Summarizes the Theory 01:07:42 - Ghost Particles 01:14:51 - Claudia’s Background with Ghost Particles 01:29:20 - Advice to Aspiring Scientists 01:32:04 - What Else Does This Theory Solve? 01:35:24 - Higuchi Bound 01:44:12 - Anti-Gravity 01:45:29 - Witten-Weinberg Theorem 01:47:06 - Claudia’s Current Work 01:59:12 - Speed of Light and Causality 02:02:50 - Outro / Support TOE Support TOE: - Patreon: https://patreon.com/curtjaimungal (early access to ad-free audio episodes!) - Crypto: https://tinyurl.com/cryptoTOE - PayPal: https://tinyurl.com/paypalTOE - TOE Merch: https://tinyurl.com/TOEmerch #science #physics #gravity