Mysteries of Physics

Synopsis: Ten eminent physicists mix personal sentiments with professional experience to candidly describe a spectrum of different issues that they’re currently puzzling over. .
Runtime: 13 mins. | Production year: 2017
Featured researchers:

  • Nima Arkani-Hamed, permanent faculty member, Institute for Advanced Study
  • Freeman Dyson (1923-2020), mathematical physicist, Institute for Advanced Study
  • Artur Ekert, Professor of Quantum Physics at the Mathematical Institute at the University of Oxford & Director of the Centre for Quantum Technologies and Lee Kong Chian Centennial Professor at the National University of Singapore
  • Justin Khoury, Professor of Physics at the University of Pennsylvania
  • Tony Leggett, Nobel Laureate, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Chair Emeritus of Physics, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
  • Roger Penrose, Nobel Laureate, Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at the Mathematical Institute at the University of Oxford
  • David Politzer, Nobel Laureate and the Richard Chace Tolman Professor of Theoretical Physics, Caltech
  • Paul Steinhardt, he Albert Einstein Professor of Science and Director of the Center for Theoretical Science, Princeton University
  • Jill Tarter, Chair Emeritus for SETI Research at SETI Institute and Former Director of the Center for SETI Research
  • Scott Tremaine, Professor Emeritus of Astrophysics, Institute for Advanced Study