Lawrence Krauss Episode 109
Episode 109: The Cosmic Universe Michael welcomed Lawrence krauss to the program. Lawrence Maxwell Krauss is an American-Canadian theoretical physicist and cosmologist who is Foundation Professor of the School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State University, and director of its Origins Project. Lawrence’s major research areas and activities are encompassed within theoretical particle astrophysics and cosmology, including studies of the early universe, neutrino astrophysics, dark matter, dark energy, quantum field theory and gravity, black holes, stellar evolution, nucleosynthesis and eschatology. Krauss is the author of over 300 scientific publications, as well as numerous popular articles on physics and astronomy. He is the author of 10 popular books, including the international bestseller The Physics of Star Trek(1995) and most recently A Universe from Nothing (2012), which immediately became New York Times Bestseller and has now been translated into 24 different languages. It argues that not only can our universe naturally arise from nothing, without supernatural effects, but that it probably did. His newest book, The Greatest Story Ever Told .. So Far. After introductions Michael and Lawrence discuss a variety of topics such as: How and why we are here? How the universe can be created out of nothing. How he grades Donald Trump as our President. Bill O’Reilly’s embarrassing statements on national television. Michael Ask’s Lawrence...