If there's one thing that unites us all (literally, ALL of us) it's gravity. Gravity attracts every bit of matter in the universe to every other bit of matter in the universe, no exceptions! But for something (a warping of space-time, to be precise) so universally present, it remains one of the least understood forces in physics.
Physicists from Newton, to Einstein, to Hawking, to countless others have for centuries sought to understand the true nature of gravity. And now there are cutting-edge new theories which may yet solve some of its deepest mysteries. This hour we speak with physicists and science writers about the weird world of gravity.
GUESTS:
- Amanda Gefter - Physics and cosmology writer, and the author of Trespassing on Einstein’s Lawn: A Father, a Daughter, the Meaning of Nothing and the Beginning of Everything (@AmandaGefter)
- Dr. Marcus Chown - Science writer, broadcaster and former radio astronomer at the California Institute of Technology; author of several books including The Ascent of Gravity: The Quest to Understand the Force That Explains Everything (@marcuschown)
- Dr. Sean Carroll - Theoretical physicist at the California Institute of Technology; author of several books including The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself (@seanmcarroll)
- Dr. Donna Roberts - Associate Professor in the Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences at the Medical University of South Carolina (@MUSCNeurorads)
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Colin McEnroe and Chion Wolf contributed to this show.
