Synopsis: Five experts explore the notion of experimental verification in science, beginning with Karl Popper’s famous “falsification criterion”.
Runtime: 22 mins.
Featured researchers:
- Nima Arkani-Hamed, permanent faculty member, 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
- Michael Gordin, Rosengarten Professor of Modern and Contemporary History, Princeton University
- Paul Steinhardt, the Albert Einstein Professor of Science and Director of the Center for Theoretical Science, Princeton University
- Scott Tremaine, Professor Emeritus of Astrophysics, Institute for Advanced Study
