Gravity is the key to the universe | Physicist Claudia de Rham
487Claudia de Rham discusses the intriguing mystery that is gravity, and what its connection to the underlying structure of the universe implies for what we know about spacetime and beyond.
What do you think gravity is?
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The mainstream view among physicists is that dark energy, a phenomenon we cannot directly observe, makes up 68% of the universe. But according to leading theoretical physicist Claudia de Rham the status quo in physics is wrong. Join her as she reveals how great minds, from Newton and Einstein to Stephen Hawking and Roger Penrose, led her to radically rethink gravity. The result is a new theory called "massive gravity," that eliminates the need for dark energy altogether.
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Claudia de Rham is a leading Professor of Theoretical Physics at Imperial College, London. Claudia is recognised for her revitilisation of and research into massive gravity theory, for which she won the Blavatnik Award for Young Scientists.
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00:00 Introduction
00:35 An intro to gravity
01:55 The moon landing
04:20 Einstein on gravity
06:50 The curvature of the Earth
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