Name: Curious Minds: The Cosmos
Uploaded: 2015
Description: How can we define and understand what our universe is made of?

How can we define and understand what our universe is made of?

Explore how humanity has tried to understand what the universe is made of, from early mathematical insight to modern cosmology. This series weighs ideas about extra dimensions, intelligent life, the multiverse, and an expanding universe, turning vast questions into compelling viewing. Sign up to follow the thinking that keeps widening our picture of reality.

From ancient equations to extra dimensions, the universe opens wider.

Physicist Robbert Dijkgraaf, Director of the Institute for Advanced Studies, describes why early man has much to teach us about appreciating the wonder of existence.

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Ancient Scientists

Lisa Randall, theoretical physicist and leading particle and cosmology expert, shares her view on the possibility of extra dimensions and what their discovery would mean for our understanding of physics.

Are There More Than Three Dimensions?

Physicist Robbert Dijkgraaf, Director of the Institute for Advanced Studies, explains how the moment after the Big Bang shaped the structure of the Universe.

Cosmic DNA

Physicist Robbert Dijkgraaf, Director of the Institute for Advanced Studies, contends that it is our responsibility to observe, appreciate and share the wonders of the cosmos.

Guardians Of The Universe

Physicist Robbert Dijkgraaf, Director of the Institute for Advanced Studies, elucidates the Infinite possibilities that lie beyond our universe.

Infinite Universes

Physicist Robbert Dijkgraaf, Director of the Institute for Advanced Studies, describes how Einstein's Theory of Relativity shocked scientists' beliefs about the nature of time.