Lex Fridman Podcast
#403 – Lisa Randall: Dark Matter, Theoretical Physics, and Extinction Events
Sun, 03 Dec 2023
Lisa Randall is a theoretical physicist at Harvard. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Babbel: https://babbel.com/lexpod and use code Lexpod to get 55% off - Notion: https://notion.com - SimpliSafe: https://simplisafe.com/lex to get free security camera plus 20% off - LMNT: https://drinkLMNT.com/lex to get free sample pack - InsideTracker: https://insidetracker.com/lex to get 20% off Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/lisa-randall-transcript EPISODE LINKS: Lisa's Twitter: https://twitter.com/lirarandall Lisa's Instagram: https://instagram.com/proflisarandall Lisa's Website: https://www.physics.harvard.edu/people/facpages/randall Books: Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs: https://amzn.to/417cKZJ Knocking on Heaven's Door: https://amzn.to/3R4LjLC Warped Passages: https://amzn.to/49Xcr85 Higgs Discovery: https://amzn.to/4a6sfWe PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips SUPPORT & CONNECT: - Check out the sponsors above, it's the best way to support this podcast - Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman - Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman - Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman OUTLINE: Here's the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) - Introduction (11:11) - Dark matter (30:02) - Extinction events (41:02) - Particle physics (56:16) - Physics vs mathematics
Full Episode
The following is a conversation with Lisa Rendell, a theoretical physicist and cosmologist at Harvard. Her work involves improving our understanding of particle physics, supersymmetry, baryogenesis, cosmological inflation, and dark matter. And now a quick few second mention of each sponsor. Check them out in the description. It's the best way to support this podcast.
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Услышишь гром и вспомнишь обо мне, Подумаешь, она грозы желала.
Полоска неба будет твердо алой, А сердце будет, как тогда, в огне
Translation is, you will hear thunder and remember me and think she wanted storms. The rim of the sky with the color of hard crimson and your heart, as it was then, will be on fire. She's one of the great Soviet poets in history. And I, of course, have trouble finding the right words to translate. I'm long overdue, by the way, on a podcast conversation with the Dostoevsky and Tolstoy translators.
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