Physics Phrontiers

Published: May 16, 2011, 7 a.m.

b"Physics means getting physical if you\\u2019re tackling the biggest, most mysterious questions in the universe. Stoic scientists endure the driest, darkest, coldest spots on the planet to find out how it all began and why there\\u2019s something rather than nothing. From the bottom of an old iron mine to the top of the Andes, we\\u2019ll hear their stories.\\nPlus, Steven Weinberg on this weird stuff called dark energy, and Leonard Susskind sees double, no, triple, no, \\u2026infinite universes.\\nGuests:\\n\\n\\nAnil Ananthaswamy - Corresponding editor for New Scientist magazine in London and author of The Edge of Physics: A Journey to Earth's Extremes to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe\\n\\n\\n\\nSteven Weinberg - Nobel Prize-winning physicist at University of Texas at Austin and author of Lake Views: This World and the Universe\\n\\n\\n\\nLeonard Susskind - Professor of theoretical physics, Stanford University\\n\\n\\nAndr\\xe9 de Gouv\\xeaa - Associate professor of physics, Northwestern University\\n\\nDescripci\\xf3n en espa\\xf1ol\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"