‎The Evidence for Modern Physics: How We Know What We Know - Apple TV

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Probing the clues to the most astounding discoveries in modern physics; covering everything from quarks to the accelerating universe; the theories covered include special and general relativity, quantum mechanics and the Big Bang.

Educational · 2021 · 28 min

Starring Don Lincoln

EPISODE 1

Do You Believe In Atoms?

All matter is made of atoms; looking at the atomic hypothesis; surveying the contributions of later scientists such as John Dalton; discovering why atoms are invisible to light microscopes, but not to the scanning transmission electron microscope.

28 min · 21 May 2021
EPISODE 2

Peering inside Protons and Neutrons

Peering inside atoms to find mostly empty space, along with electrons and a compact nucleus composed of protons and neutrons; how these particles are discovered; how physicists use more complex tools to uncover hundreds of even smaller objects.

30 min · 21 May 2021
EPISODE 3

Seeing Light as Wave and Particle

Probing the wave-particle duality of light; tracing the debate over the nature of light to 1801, when Thomas Young shows that light is a wave; a century later, Einstein proves that light also behaves as a particle; other matter with this identity.

29 min · 21 May 2021
EPISODE 4

The Paradox of Quantum Entanglement

Dr. Lincoln confronts a paradox that governs the behavior of particles sharing the same quantum state; the rules of quantum mechanics defy every attempt to explain what seems inexplicable; Erwin Schrödinger's thought experiment; other examples.

30 min · 21 May 2021
EPISODE 5

How We Know Special Relativity Is Real

How Dr. Lincoln routinely conducts experiments that show the bizarre effects of Einstein's special theory of relativity; like quantum theory, relativity strains credulity; at relativistic speeds, clocks really do slow down and length contracts.

28 min · 21 May 2021
EPISODE 6

Why the Speed of Light Is the Speed Limit

Pondering how the speed of light can be the same for everyone; how the speed of light is determined; considering the hypothesized medium for light propagation, the aether; examining proof that the speed of light is constant for all observers.

27 min · 21 May 2021

Don Lincoln

Host