Light, the Universe, and Everything

Published: Jan. 2, 2012, 8 a.m.

b'What\\u2019s it all about? And we mean ALL. What makes up this vast sprawling cosmos? Why does it exist? Why do we exist? Why is there something rather than nothing? Ow, my head hurts!\\nFor possible answers, we travel to the moment after the Big Bang and discover all that came into being in those few minutes after the great flash: time, space, matter, and light. Plus, the bizarre stuff that makes up the bulk of the universe: dark energy and dark matter.\\nAlso, what we set in motion with the invention of the light blub. How artificial light lit up our homes, our cities and \\u2013 inadvertently \\u2013 our skies.\\nGuests:\\n\\n\\nSean Carroll - Theoretical physicist at California Institute of Technology\\n\\n\\nLeonard Susskind - Theoretical physicist, Stanford University\\n\\n\\nJane Brox - Author of Brilliant: The Evolution of Artificial Light\\n\\n\\n\\nPeter Fisher - Physicist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology\\n\\nDescripci\\xf3n en espa\\xf1ol\\nFirst aired September 6, 2010\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'