Into the Impossible With Brian Keating
Science:Natural Sciences
Join my mailing list https://briankeating.com/list to win a real 4 billion year old meteorite! All .edu emails in the USA 🇺🇸 will WIN!
Today on Into the Impossible, we’re exploring the fascinating realm of time with none other than the timekeeper himself – Chad Orzel.
Chad is a professor of physics and science communicator renowned for his popular science books, How to Teach Quantum Physics to Your Dog, Breakfast with Einstein, and How to Teach Relativity to Your Dog. He is also a regular contributor to Forbes.com.
In his most recent book, A Brief History of Timekeeping, Chad revisits the delicate negotiations involved in Gregorian calendar reform, the intricate and entirely unique system employed by the Maya, and how the problem of synchronizing clocks at different locations ultimately required us to abandon the idea of time as an absolute and universal quantity.
From sundials to sandglasses and mechanical clocks, this sharp and engaging story isn't just about the science of timekeeping—it's a riveting tale encompassing politics, philosophy, and the very essence of space and time.
Tune in!
Key Takeaways:
—
Additional resources:
📝 Get one month of Snipd Premium for free with this link: https://get.snipd.com/Cx7S/brianSnipd Snipd lets you take Smart Notes 🧠 with AI 💡 — it’s my favorite podcast player 😀 !
➡️ Learn more about Chad Orzel:
✖️ Twitter: https://twitter.com/orzelc/
📚 Website: https://chadorzel.com/
➡️ Follow me on your fav platforms:
✖️ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrBrianKeating
🔔 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/DrBrianKeating?sub_confirmation=1
📝 Join my mailing list: https://briankeating.com/list
✍️ Check out my blog: https://briankeating.com/cosmic-musings/
🎙️ Follow my podcast: https://briankeating.com/podcast
Into the Impossible with Brian Keating is a podcast dedicated to all those who want to explore the universe within and beyond the known.
Make sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode!
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Merchants of Truth and Light: Losing the Nobel Prize - Brian Keating The Human Upgrade with Dave Asprey (#339)
Juan Maldacena: What Is A Wormhole? (#338)
Richard Ellis: When Galaxies Are Born: The Quest for Cosmic Dawn (#337)
String Gas Cosmology: Challenging Inflation | Robert Brandenberger (#336)
The Discovery of The Century or BUST? High Temperature Superconductor | Inna Vishik and Jorge Hirsch (#335)
UAP Disclosure: Eyewitness encounters with Ryan Graves (#334)
Replay: University of Adversity with Brian Keating and Lance Essihos (#333)
No, the Universe ISN'T 27 Billion Years Old! (#332)
Avi Loeb: “This object came from another solar system!” (#331)
Brian Keating on The Micah Hanks Program: Life Beyond Earth and Losing The Nobel Prize (#330)
Nobel Laureate Adam Riess: Tension In The Cosmos! (#329)
No, No Nobel: How to Lose the Prize: Brian Keating on Scientific American's Science Talk (#328)
How to Find Aliens | Jaime Green (#327)
Einstein's Quantum Riddle! In Memoriam to Dr. Andy Friedman (#326)
Kim Stanley Robinson: The High Sierra: A Love Story (#325)
Sir Roger Penrose Faith, Fantasy, and the Big Questions in Modern Physics (#324)
Brian Keating's Advice To The Graduates 2023 (#323)
The Realistic Future of AI With Peter Diamandis & Brian Keating on Moonshots and Mindsets (#322)
How Evidence Sometimes Loses Out to Emotion The AlphaMind Podcast with Brian Keating (#321)
Life's Edge: Exploring the Boundary between Living & Nonliving | Carl Zimmer | Into the Impossible (#320)
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
Sasquatch Chronicles
The Confessionals
Radiolab
Sasquatch Odyssey
Science Friday