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University of Oxford

Fashion, Faith, and Fantasy - Roger Penrose

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This lecture examines how fashionable ideas, faith, and fantasy can both support and misdirect scientific efforts in string theory, quantum mechanics, and cosmology. It also considers how these forces contributed to Roger Penrose’s own work.

Syllabus

Intro
Fineman diagrams
Mathematics
Big Numbers
Cantors Theory
Numbers
Functions
Space dimensions
Bundles
String Theory
Quantum Mechanics
The Cat
Hans Christian Andersen
The Quantum World
Quantum State
Absolute Units
Potential Experiment
Fantasy
In Photon Field
Cones
Crazy Cosmology

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Oxford Mathematics

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