Explores atomic descriptors, emphasizing symmetry, locality, and the challenges of incorporating electrostatics in machine learning models for chemistry.
Covers experimental methods, critical thinking, scientific fraud, and the importance of doubt in science, using various examples to illustrate key concepts.
Explores the relationship between divine intervention and scientific theories, challenging the audience to consider the limits of knowledge and the role of spiritual discipline.
Delves into the detection and analysis of gravitational waves through practical exercises and discussions on black hole mergers and wave speed measurement.
Explores the transition of living organisms from religious to scientific explanations, focusing on essentialism, fixism, anthropocentrism, and Darwin's revolutionary ideas.
Explores the connection between physical theories and empirical data, contrasting standard quantum mechanics with Newtonian Mechanics' explicit ontology of particles in space.