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Quantum Field Theory with Dr. Rodeny A. Brooks

Dr. Rodney A. Brooks

Rodney A. Brooks was born in Syracuse, NY, in 1932. He attended the University of Florida and Harvard University, where he received his Ph.D. in physics with Nobel laureate Norman Ramsey in...

Quantum Field Theory with Dr. Rodeny A. Brooks Podcast Guide

Listen to Quantum Field Theory with Dr. Rodeny A. Brooks, a Science & Medicine podcast by Dr. Rodney A. Brooks. Stream 7 episodes in English, follow new audio stories, and play episodes online on Radio and Podcast.

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Episodes

7 episodes are available for this podcast.

Episodes

7 episodes

What is a Quantum Field?

Physicists Edward Finn and Rodney Brooks take on the task of describing quantum field theory to laypersons without using any math. They desc...

16:16Oct 16, 2018

Understanding the Higgs Boson

Dr. Rodney Brooks shows why the Higgs boson is a field, not a particle. To be more specific, the Higgs boson is a quantum of the Higgs field...

08:24Oct 16, 2018

Understanding Einstein's Enigmas

Most people are baffled by "Einstein's Enigmas" - special relativity, general relativity, and quantum mechanics. Yet understanding these mys...

50:18Oct 16, 2018

What Does the Electron Look Like?

"What Does the Electron Look Like": a talk at the Czech Technical University in Prague by Rodney A. Brooks, author of "Fields of Color: The...

34:27Oct 16, 2018

Understand Quantum Field Theory

In a talk at Georgetown University, Dr. Rodney Brooks, author of "Fields of Color: The theory that escaped Einstein", shows why the answer i...

57:52Oct 16, 2018