Physics of Life, Ep 5: How human history shapes scientific inquiry

Update: 2024-03-27

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Guests:

David Krakauer, President and William H. Miller Professor of Complex Systems at the Santa Fe Institute
Sean Carroll, External Professor and Fractal Faculty at the Santa Fe Institute, Homewood Professor of Natural Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University

Hosts: Abha Eli Phoboo & Chris Kempes

Producer: Katherine Moncure

Podcast theme music by: Mitch Mignano

Additional sound credits: Digifishmusic, Trundlefly, Greenvwbeetle, Miksmusic, Brewlabboffin

More info:

SFI programs: Education

Complexity Explorer:

Books:

Disputed Inheritance: The Battle over Mendel and the Future of Biology by Gregory Radick
Quanta and Fields: The Biggest Ideas in the Universe by Sean Carroll
Worlds Hidden in Plain Sight: The Evolving Idea of Complexity at the Santa Fe Institute, 1984-2019 Edited by David Krakauer

Talks:

The Many Worlds of Quantum Mechanics Sean Carroll

Papers & Articles:

“The Multiple Paths to Multiple Life,” in Journal of Molecular Evolution (July 12, 2021), doi.org/10.1007/s00239-021-10016-2

Comments (1)

Fabiano PS

Love the series, but when a scientist turns to the movie Tron as an example of artificial life, it loses all credibility. It's sci-fi, which is great, but don't jump the gap of actors on a screen represent artificial life

Jun 29th

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