#176 - Harry Cliff on HOW TO MAKE AN APPLE PIE FROM SCRATCH
Particle physicist Dr. Harry Cliff chats with Trey Elling about HOW TO MAKE AN APPLE PIE FROM SCRATCH: IN SEARCH OF THE RECIPE FOR OUR UNIVERSE, FROM THE ORIGIN OF ATOMS TO THE BIG BANG. Questions include:
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- Why is carbon the David Bowie of the periodic table? (09:58) \n
- How did Einstein prove the existence of atoms in 1905? (11:56) \n
- What makes Ernest Rutherford one of the greatest experimental physicists of all time? (16:34) \n
- Why is an English lab trying to make a (twinkle, twinkle little) star on Earth, and what exactly does that mean? (21:21) \n
- How are supernovas important in creating the elements required for life? (24:51) \n
- How can a particle be left- or right-handed? (48:24) \n
- Does an answer exist that fully explains the onset of the Big Bang Theory? (49:46) \n