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Cumrun Vafa is a theoretical physicist at Harvard. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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  (00:00) - Introduction
  (07:08) - Difference between math and physics
  (09:51) - Evolution of quantum mechanics
  (13:09) - Can mathematics lead humanity off track
  (14:07) - Beauty in mathematics
  (19:27) - Philosophers using symmetry
  (25:20) - How can ancient geometry be used to understand reality
  (28:32) - Key ideas in the history of physics
  (31:26) - Einstein’s special relativity
  (35:03) - Physicists building intuition
  (43:01) - Best work by Einstein
  (44:45) - Quantum mechanics
  (54:47) - Quantum gravity
  (57:02) - String theory
  (1:13:11) - 10th Dimension
  (1:19:48) - Skepticism regarding string theory
  (1:30:53) - Key figures in string theory
  (1:35:13) - String Theory’s Nobel Prize
  (1:38:18) - Edward Witten
  (1:46:56) - String Theory Landscape & Swamplands
  (1:55:46) - Theories of everything
  (2:10:12) - Advice for young people
  (2:13:14) - Death

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