Van de Schoonheid en de Troost - Season 1 Episode 6 Thor, Newton, Einstein: Steven Weinberg
Interview with Steven Weinberg, American theoretical physicist (in his office at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas). Weinberg talks about the demythologization of the world and the consolation for this loss that can be found in the beauty of physical theories. He compares the beauty of the laws of physics (including Albert Einstein's theory of relativity) with perfection in artistic expressions such as the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. Attention is also paid to symmetrical principles, the insoluble question "why?" and the current trend to make something magical out of science. Weinberg explains why he disapproves of this trend. Weinberg's opinion that religion is a myth that will disappear is also discussed.
Year: 2000
Genre: Documentary
Country: Netherlands
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Director: Wim Kayzer
Cast: Wim Kayzer
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First Air Date: Jan 02, 2000
Last Air date: Jul 09, 2000
Season: 1 Season
Episode: 27 Episode
Runtime: 2400 minutes
IMDb: 0.00/10 by 0.00 users
Popularity: 1.17
Language: English
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Season
Season 1
Episode
Fathers Roses: Wole Soyinka
Homecoming: Roger Scruton
Alone on the mountain: Jane Goodall
The Code of Pasternak: George Steiner
The End of the Thirteenth: Vladimir Ashkenazy
Thor, Newton, Einstein: Steven Weinberg
Guilt: Martha Nussbaum
You Are There and You Are Not: Karel Appel
The Greatest Mystery Is Not the Universe: Edward Witten
Dear Mother: Elizabeth Loftus
When My Father Was Still Big: Rutger Kopland
What's Mary Doing in the Cave: Gary Lynch
John the Myth: Stephen Jay Gould
The Poetics of the Album: Dubravka Ugrešić
Ugly Ears: Simon Schama
True Love Gives Trust: Catherine Bott
Innocence?: John M. Coetzee
The Unanswered Question: Richard Dufallo
After the Death of Sophia Loren?: Leon Lederman
Greetings from Medemblik: Rudi Fuchs
Don't Look Back: Tatjana Tolstaja
Freeman Dyson
Other States of Consciousness: Richard Rorty
Scoundrel: Györgi Konrád
Three Times Australia: Germaine Greer
The Ninth: Yehudi Menuhin
The Gathering