Nah, we need an ubernerd role model that works on his laptop at a strip club instead of Starbucks, can pick locks for sport, plays at least one unusual instrument (with band videos), and has _crazy_ adventures in a video blog, and has a second channel where he plays elaborate pranks on friends. But he posts on PornHub instead of RUclips because it's free of the "algorithm" demonetizing non-woo topics, too many intrusive adds, and their management in general. That is, mix together Sean + Deviant Olam + Adam Savage + Penn & Teller + ??? Makes me think that Feynman would have a blast today in the Internet era.
Sean, thanks man. I'm just a random dude, I know nothing, but I do appreciate your enthusiasm and knowledge. I have truly enjoyed watching every single video in this series and the implications of it all. I'm sure others have as well. Means a lot to me that you just talk about things in a frank, engaging, and thorough manner. Looking forward to more content and will likely go back to this series again in the future.
That's a nice comment. I'm just a random dude too and most of this was waaaay over my head. But I stuck with it and a few pennies dropped along the way. He wears it lightly, but the guy is a world-class scientist and I'm grateful that he took the time.
Oh NO!! It's the last one. But, like everyone else, I would like to say Thanks again Professor Sean, for this wonderful series. I'm watching them all a 2nd time (just got up to Renormalisation BTW). And they are just as good the 2nd time around. Maybe even better. as I now understand a lot more. Thank you again Prof. Sean and best wishes from West Wales.
Thank you for this beautiful gift to humanity, Sean! The sheer amount of time out of your very busy, very important life that you've given to us is incredible! I hope and believe that this video series will be considered a landmark in science education and popularization and that it will begin a transformation from quick sound-byte pop-science toward more in-depth discussions. The fact that you had the vision to trust that we mere mortals can follow and understand these topics on this level and really gain something from it is amazing! Many science communicators and scientists have done "lockdown projects", but only you (that I'm aware of) have done something so completely transformative. I look at something like Dr. Lincoln's Subatomic Stories, which in total, discounting the Q&A portions, is only maybe an hour and a half of content, and it really gives me an appreciation for the 70+ hours of this series. No shade intended to Dr. Lincoln or anybody else who steps up and helps spread enthusiasm, passion, and understanding of science, of course! But The Biggest Ideas in the Universe is on a very different level. I know that it took you much more than 70 hours to plan out, write, record, and edit all of these, and frankly, I'm in awe. The fact that you did this all yourself, as important as you are and as valuable as your time and intellectual energies are, is both inspiring and shameful. Movie stars and athletes who do nothing more than entertain us in our spare time get paid tens of millions a year and have massive entourages of assistants, agents, and bodyguards... yet educators and scientists are perpetually underpaid and understaffed. In a just world, you would have had a whole crew for this, so you could just come on camera and talk and spend probably less than half the time on it that you actually did. Instead, even with the quarantine, I honestly don't know how you have had time to make two 1-2 hour videos a week _and_ run your podcast _and_ still be one of the world's best scientists (plus I'm sure numerous other more mundane things like being a good husband and a good pet owner besides), all at the same time! I've always been a fan of yours; I've watched everything of you I could, even multiple versions of the same lectures given at different venues to tease out little minutia of understanding... but with The Biggest Ideas in the Universe, to me, you've propelled yourself from a peer of Lincoln, Cox, and Tyson into the stratosphere with the likes of Sagan and Feynman. I know these aren't getting a ton of views right up front. I mean, relative to your subscriber base, they're doing great, but I truly expect them to go way up as more people both learn about them, and have the time and energy to watch (and, for many, study) them. Even I haven't watched them all the moment they came out; I need to be in the right mindset, so sometimes it takes a few days. Still, if it were up to me, _these_ would be the videos with millions of views, instead of videos of cats doing cat things. I doubt they'll ever reach _that_ level of popularity and spread... but on the other hand, nobody will really remember this week's viral cat video even next month. These will be around for decades to come as, I'm sure, one of the best archives of knowledge about fundamental physics (sorry, _elementary_ physics) to bridge the gap between the usual pop-science stuff and a multi-year full-time education. Thank you again, from the bottom of my heart.
I cannot thank you enough Dr. Carroll for these RUclips sessions you have given us. I am a Canadian university psychology professor who also happens to have a passion for physics. You have been extremely generous in providing us with these videos. They have been informative, interesting, and entertaining. I can only hope that I am as entertaining and informative for my students when I begin uploading my videotaped lectures! Again, I thank you for the knowledge and entertainment you have given us.
Dr. Carroll, please accept my thanks, not just for this superb series, but also for your vast contributions to the science education of thousands of people like me. It is hard to imagine the number of hours and the amount of effort you have poured into your many presentations. Your sterling presentation skills and profound grasp of this subject matter have given access to a world few of us have ever glimpsed. And finally, thank you for your respect for the viewer. You are a national treasure.
Sad that the series is ending, but it's been fantastic. This is the video form of the "Feynman Lectures on Physics" for me. It is an evergreen series that I will go back to often.
Thank you so much for these videos, Sean. I'm about to start my second year studying physics and this series, coupled with reading Something Deeply Hidden, has massively helped me understand how different ideas are linked together in a way that I have not come across elsewhere. I can see myself coming back to them frequently for the remainder of my studies and beyond.
This series is going to be watched for generations to come. Such a good Idea. Really appreciate you taking the time to get down into the actual science on these topics. Too often public science lectures end up being more or less history lessons. This is on another level. Thank you.
This is so off topic, but he has the most pleasant speaking voice! The material is dense and I am so new to his lectures/videos, but I find his voice and attitude to be wonderful! Thank you so much Sean Carroll for making me excited about Science!
This are one of the best educational series in RUclips and Mr. Carroll himself is a great presenter. Thank you for your hard work and for the time you spend to share your knowledge with us!
Thanks for taking the time for this series. It really helps to have a detailed explanation of all the topics for us non-scientists. Besides loving to know a bit better the laws of our universe just for the fun of it, I do plan to use the gained knowledge to battle non-scientific and false statements about physics and science when I come across them. It is important to share scientific knowledge with friends and these videos sure do help to pass more accurate information not just some regurgitated pop-science articles us non-scientists come across. Thanks once again!
Waited until the last episode so I could honestly say I enjoyed every minute of the series - I've seen a lot of science videos, and this series has a unique place among them!
One of the most startling revelations :-) of this series was that I was able to grasp more of these ideas than I imagined I could. Envisioning the nature of the universe these past few months along with like-minded souls has been a joy. Thank you kindly Sean!!
I studied engineering and worked in finance for 5 years now but have always wanted to study astronomy/astrophysics/cosmology. This series has been incredibly rewarding. I recall being completely overwhelmed when the series got super quantitative but pushed through. I'm not sure whether I will go ahead with in the end but I've just put through an application to study a Bachelor of Science part-time. Life is short and I was inspired by you. Thank you Sean for rekindling my, and undoubtedly a lot of other people's, interest in the biggest ideas in the universe! This has been a real gift.
The Biggest Ideas series is absolutely brilliant. Science constantly expands our functional understand of the natural world. Many times, I see myself as a child trying to understand the world. I'm the proverbial child trying to fit the ocean of knowledge into a tinny sea shell in my hand.
You've used quarantine as an opportunity to provide - both knowledge, approachably and as well structured as any course, and much food for thought for a while to come. For these, so many thanks.
The worst thing about a great series like this is that you're always wanting more. I wish it didn't end, but I'm glad we got what we got. Thank you for doing this series.
This is two years after your series concluded, and perhaps you won’t even read this. Thank you Sean. What an amazing journey you have taken us through. Indeed a great gift. Not only did you explain very complex subjects in a coherent way, but now my mind is ablaze with questions. As you close the series, you contemplate what to do next. This is just a metaphor, but if the universe we “see and measure” is a two-dimensional maze and there is a piece of cheese floating above it that we can only “smell” there is no set of directions or instructions that allows us to find the cheese if we stay “in” the maze. In other words, will we find new frontiers in Physics by plowing forward staying within the confines of the current definitions and formulations? You also mentioned something that hit a note… Do we even have the “language” (or the brain) to tackle or decode some of these problems. We can mathematically conceive of other dimensions but can we really work out what happens there from the 4 dimensions we live in? There seems to be a strong “directionality” to the universe we see. If you collide two cars, you get a buch of parts flying everywhere, heat, sound, etc. but bringing all those elements back to the same spot doesn’t get you back the two cars. There a “sequence of assembly” for a car. Does that apply to particle physics? Or are all the possibilities in Feynman diagrams as reversible as they seem to be with just a probability factor attached to them? Anyway, too much rambling…. Thank you. I am truly fascinated by all the ideas you have so eloquently explained.
Thank you soooo much. You, Sir Sean M. Carroll, motivated me to spend 3 hours per day to study physics bringing unmeasurable joy in my daily life. I simply forgot being old. Thanks a lot!
Thank you Sean Carroll for this incredible insight into modern fundamental physics and more. This video series kept me pleasantly distracted/entertained during recovery from cancer surgery - it literally helped fight the pain. I'm sad the series is over, but it's a lot of work I'm sure. You did an incredible job, better than I've ever seen on this masterfully curated subject matter. I'm off to binge Mindscape next.
Some thoughts on this Sean Carroll video series: The series is a good overview of some of modern physics with useful math analysis. It is not too dumbed-down and gives insights into how the Universe works. This final episode ("24. Science") is a good wrap-up video and I especially like the focus, from 1:41:20 onwards, on Gravity, Cosmology and Particle Physics. Problems of current interest are mentioned, in Cosmology, for example, (including the issues of Dark Matter and Dark Energy). Coincidentally, probably my favourite other videos in the series were the pair "22. Cosmology". I also liked the pair "16. Gravity". Other highlights were the videos about Particle Physics - "Matter" and "Atoms" I think. Generally speaking, this "The Biggest Ideas in the Universe" series also blends historical and philosophical-type reflections. There is discussion of theoretical physics but also experiment/observational data. The content is educational and up-to-date. Neat! Hi/Greetings from France. Likes, Replies anyone? :-)
You have such a unique mind it would be a shame to limit this to just the physical world. I would love to see a Biggest Ideas of Philosophy, Biggest Ideas of Art History, etc. I know you would say these are not your expertise, but you have such a great talent for breaking things down and building them up from first principles that I think you could tackle any topic!
The biggest ideas in Philosophy???? YES PLEASE!!! Let's get as many likes and comments on this and see if together we can get his attention! We could get lucky!! Thank you for sharing your knowledge Prof. Sean!
Absolutely the best series explaining physics on RUclips. Especially not shying away from mathematics, tackling all important basic problems. Explaining with necessary details, correlating with equations. What a journey. Thank you sir for taking your time and making physics more available. Now I will re-watch the whole series again.
This series of videos will enlighten the next generation of enthusiasts, maybe more than one generation. I learned things, datas and math I had searched for the last 40 years, and didn't find in what was accessible to the general public. I believe that very few were rebuked by the equations. Thank you Doctor Caroll.
Professor Carroll, Thank you so much for sharing your Knowledge and vision. This series of lectures was above the top. You are one of the most gifted teachers I ever had.
This series was and forever will be among (or rather at, imo) the top of science communication videos. What an effort. Thank you so much for your time, and for even answering some of my questions in the Q&As. I'm really quite sad it's over, was always looking forward to the two videos along the week. I guess the podcasts are next. Greetings from Germany
Science is wonderful, is the best answer that we can do about the universe. These series of videos “The Biggest Ideas in the Universe” is the best content about physics that I see in the world. Thanks Prof. Sean for make this videos and bring great knoledge for the the internet.I intend to do a master's degree in physics after these videos.
Thank you for your time and effort in making these. I looked forward to each one and learned much. I'm sure to re-watch this many times. Thank you from PEI,Canada
I don't know how to thank You for your effort . To say it was useful is a huge understatement. You sir are a true humanist. I am sure You could find many more important things rather then educating simple humans. Thanks to You I came across symmetries and I fell in love whit it. I seriously consider further steps towards deeper understanding of the subject. For that and much more I will stay grateful forever. All the best and I am awaiting to hear You in next Mindscape podcast.
Professor Sean, this was such a great series. I can't describe how much I enjoyed this series and every episode. The series was more than just a regular info, but it was revealing and shining new perspectives. I liked the treatment that did not shy away from math, and still kept accessible to folks who don't know enough math. Personally I am a working software engineer, and I knew calculus from high school, but all the of the things you covered about Riemann, and Topology and Hamiltonian, "its all about fields" and others was such a treat. You demystified the buzz words that I used to hear in other talks online like symmetry breaking, etc. Plus the great humor you deliver this lecture made this worth the watch. I was already a big fan of yours. Now I admit that I don't remember all of the details you covered, but I am going to go back to the series all over again. With renewed interest in some dry math topics like Groups, I want to learn more physics and math. The lockdown could not have been better. Feel sad to see the series end.
Just adding my thanks. I did a theoretical physics degree 50 years ago and it has been a joy to be brought up to date in such a vivid and entertaining fashion.
Thank you Sean Carrol for this incredible learning opportunity. There is no doubt that in the future there will be at least one revolutionary discovery made by someone who was inspired by this series. You have made a wonderful contribution to humanity by making these videos. The best part about being born in the late 80s/early 90s, is that you got to wonder about this stuff as a kid, and then learn about it for free as a young adult.
Thank you for the time and effort you put into this series. I’m not a Physicist by trade, but as a casual fan of Physics and Science in general, your approach and teaching methodology has been both educational and entertaining.
I got so much out of this series. I actually started using "I can do better" when I read to my kids and sure enough it puts them at ease and they are more comfortable trying new concepts! Thank you, Dr. Carroll!
One of the most interesting and informative videos or presentations on any subject I’ve seen here in RUclips land. I’ve had a growing interest in science that started around 15 years ago. I’ve always kind of liked science but around 15 years ago I had a real thirst for science and all the various science disciplines, if that’s the right word, like biology, chemistry, cosmology etc etc. And over the last 15 years I’d say Sean Carroll is one of my personal favourites as I find him to be someone who has this great gift of being able to pitch education in a way that is very accessible and extremely inviting ? Not sure if inviting is the right word for what I’m trying to say. He just pulls me into subjects that I find myself understanding more and more. Subjects or topics regarding things that a few years ago I barely understood to now where I am getting to grips more and more with some pretty complex subject matter. Like quantum theory, plus many more subjects and topics around physics and cosmology. There’s a genuineness and a sincerity in his delivery too. If that makes sense. So thanks Mr Carroll.
I just want to thank you, Mr. Sean Carroll, for this great series and show you my appreciation and gratitude for your great efforts and hard work in making these productions. Your lessons are outstanding, very informative and easily explained and they contribute greatly to increasing the interest and understanding of physics and astronomy for the general public!
Thank you Professor Carroll, that was undoubtedly the most enjoyment, I've ever had learning anything. Complex ideas, simply explained. Brilliant series.
So incredible, this series was just so good... no matter where you're at in your knowledge of science, this series offers new insight everywhere... thank you so much Sean
Thanks for the great series professor. I watched each one, took notes, and learned so much. I think knowledge is the greatest gift one can give, and you have given us so much.
I had to take a moment to say thank ms for making these videos. They filled a very important niche and are a great service to science, physics, and society. I loved every minute!
I think you should feel very comfortable behind the Feynman desk. I was an undergrad physics student at the University of Washington in the early 60's. The classes were good, but I hungered for something more, something deeper. So I poured over Bohm, the then-novel Action concept, and especially Feynman's three oversize red volumes. Thank you for giving me a wonderful glimpse of what's happened over the last 57 years.
In "20. Entropy and Information" I commented: "I am surprised that you haven't covered the biggest of ideas - model building and validation i.e. "science" itself!"
This series was a long but inspiring journey through the world of physics. I watched many of the videos twice and it was entirely worth it! Thank you Sean for this quality content and hoping it reaches many others.
Thank you for this series. I know you said that this is just the end of the series and not the end of you talking about physics but I wanted to encourage you to continue anyway. These topics benefit from exposure and you’re doing a wonderful job in championing the value of exposing it to the masses.
Thank you Sean, I thoroughly enjoyed the series and thank you for your contribution to make this available to a wider audience. I wish you all success and happiness and look forward to your next leg of the journey!
Thanks a lot Mr. Carroll for your time and dedication, very enjoyable, informational, explanatory, we can now go an share this with others. You have now transcended through the digitalization of your talks for future generations, well until youtube finds this controversial or inappropriate. Thanks again and stay safe.
Thank you so much for this video and the series as a whole. It fills a gap in between professional physics education that is only available to a very few and the level available in science sections in newspapers and a like that can not go deep enough to really bring across the essence of the theories discussed.
Don't leave us yet, Sean! I still don't get how Psi(x1, x2) = psi1(x1) psi2(x2) is a real wavefunction! But thank you for making these videos. I have learned a lot of very interesting things, and I've been inspired to pursue these ideas further through lectures and courses. You've answered all sorts of questions that I have had since I graduated. You're truly a hero for public science education.
At last I found time to finish watching these videos! Thanks so much for making them. There isn't enough material at this level, and it's been great fun following along somewhat with math and physics ideas that have been too many textbooks beyond the reach of my free time.
So many thanks to Sean for the great series. I am a chemist, and could not believe to myself to have completed the whole series with so much interesting.
The most wonderful fruit of the entire universe (as far as we know) is Science. We don't have to preserve organisms including human species, but we must preserve scientific achievements. Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Cosmology, forever !!
Thank you very much for the video series. I really appreciate your effort to provide the deep dive into all the different areas that you covered. An excellent initiative!!!
This series, for me, makes Sean the modern Feynman in terms of popular but serious communication of scientific ideas.
Nah, we need an ubernerd role model that works on his laptop at a strip club instead of Starbucks, can pick locks for sport, plays at least one unusual instrument (with band videos), and has _crazy_ adventures in a video blog, and has a second channel where he plays elaborate pranks on friends. But he posts on PornHub instead of RUclips because it's free of the "algorithm" demonetizing non-woo topics, too many intrusive adds, and their management in general.
That is, mix together Sean + Deviant Olam + Adam Savage + Penn & Teller + ???
Makes me think that Feynman would have a blast today in the Internet era.
Sean, Please talk to David Deutsch about this :)
John Długosz wow I read that whole thing
Feynman was a glitch in the matrix, like Newton, Einstein and Marie Curie
Lets all take a moment to appreciate the absence of mid-roll ads in this quality RUclips video. Thanks!
I had to go premium, watching comedy where ads would roll mid joke punchlines.
Forreal
Sean, Please talk to David Deutsch about this :)
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Sean, thanks man. I'm just a random dude, I know nothing, but I do appreciate your enthusiasm and knowledge. I have truly enjoyed watching every single video in this series and the implications of it all. I'm sure others have as well. Means a lot to me that you just talk about things in a frank, engaging, and thorough manner. Looking forward to more content and will likely go back to this series again in the future.
That's a nice comment. I'm just a random dude too and most of this was waaaay over my head. But I stuck with it and a few pennies dropped along the way. He wears it lightly, but the guy is a world-class scientist and I'm grateful that he took the time.
Oh NO!! It's the last one. But, like everyone else, I would like to say Thanks again Professor Sean, for this wonderful series. I'm watching them all a 2nd time (just got up to Renormalisation BTW). And they are just as good the 2nd time around. Maybe even better. as I now understand a lot more. Thank you again Prof. Sean and best wishes from West Wales.
Thank you for this beautiful gift to humanity, Sean!
The sheer amount of time out of your very busy, very important life that you've given to us is incredible! I hope and believe that this video series will be considered a landmark in science education and popularization and that it will begin a transformation from quick sound-byte pop-science toward more in-depth discussions. The fact that you had the vision to trust that we mere mortals can follow and understand these topics on this level and really gain something from it is amazing!
Many science communicators and scientists have done "lockdown projects", but only you (that I'm aware of) have done something so completely transformative. I look at something like Dr. Lincoln's Subatomic Stories, which in total, discounting the Q&A portions, is only maybe an hour and a half of content, and it really gives me an appreciation for the 70+ hours of this series. No shade intended to Dr. Lincoln or anybody else who steps up and helps spread enthusiasm, passion, and understanding of science, of course! But The Biggest Ideas in the Universe is on a very different level. I know that it took you much more than 70 hours to plan out, write, record, and edit all of these, and frankly, I'm in awe.
The fact that you did this all yourself, as important as you are and as valuable as your time and intellectual energies are, is both inspiring and shameful. Movie stars and athletes who do nothing more than entertain us in our spare time get paid tens of millions a year and have massive entourages of assistants, agents, and bodyguards... yet educators and scientists are perpetually underpaid and understaffed. In a just world, you would have had a whole crew for this, so you could just come on camera and talk and spend probably less than half the time on it that you actually did. Instead, even with the quarantine, I honestly don't know how you have had time to make two 1-2 hour videos a week _and_ run your podcast _and_ still be one of the world's best scientists (plus I'm sure numerous other more mundane things like being a good husband and a good pet owner besides), all at the same time!
I've always been a fan of yours; I've watched everything of you I could, even multiple versions of the same lectures given at different venues to tease out little minutia of understanding... but with The Biggest Ideas in the Universe, to me, you've propelled yourself from a peer of Lincoln, Cox, and Tyson into the stratosphere with the likes of Sagan and Feynman.
I know these aren't getting a ton of views right up front. I mean, relative to your subscriber base, they're doing great, but I truly expect them to go way up as more people both learn about them, and have the time and energy to watch (and, for many, study) them. Even I haven't watched them all the moment they came out; I need to be in the right mindset, so sometimes it takes a few days. Still, if it were up to me, _these_ would be the videos with millions of views, instead of videos of cats doing cat things. I doubt they'll ever reach _that_ level of popularity and spread... but on the other hand, nobody will really remember this week's viral cat video even next month. These will be around for decades to come as, I'm sure, one of the best archives of knowledge about fundamental physics (sorry, _elementary_ physics) to bridge the gap between the usual pop-science stuff and a multi-year full-time education.
Thank you again, from the bottom of my heart.
Hear hear!
Well said.
It is quite amazing that Sean Carroll gives up his spare time to pass on
his knowledge and insights.
I cannot thank you enough Dr. Carroll for these RUclips sessions you have given us. I am a Canadian university psychology professor who also happens to have a passion for physics. You have been extremely generous in providing us with these videos. They have been informative, interesting, and entertaining. I can only hope that I am as entertaining and informative for my students when I begin uploading my videotaped lectures! Again, I thank you for the knowledge and entertainment you have given us.
Dr. Carroll, please accept my thanks, not just for this superb series, but also for your vast contributions to the science education of thousands of people like me. It is hard to imagine the number of hours and the amount of effort you have poured into your many presentations. Your sterling presentation skills and profound grasp of this subject matter have given access to a world few of us have ever glimpsed. And finally, thank you for your respect for the viewer. You are a national treasure.
Sad that the series is ending, but it's been fantastic. This is the video form of the "Feynman Lectures on Physics" for me. It is an evergreen series that I will go back to often.
My favorite of the whole series.
He has Feynman’s office at Caltech, and now I can see why :)
Did not know that! Fantastic!!
He got Feynman's desk because the new desks went to people with more seniority:)
Thank you so much for these videos, Sean.
I'm about to start my second year studying physics and this series, coupled with reading Something Deeply Hidden, has massively helped me understand how different ideas are linked together in a way that I have not come across elsewhere.
I can see myself coming back to them frequently for the remainder of my studies and beyond.
This series is going to be watched for generations to come. Such a good Idea. Really appreciate you taking the time to get down into the actual science on these topics. Too often public science lectures end up being more or less history lessons. This is on another level. Thank you.
Thank you Sean. I’m sad this journey has ended.
This is so off topic, but he has the most pleasant speaking voice! The material is dense and I am so new to his lectures/videos, but I find his voice and attitude to be wonderful! Thank you so much Sean Carroll for making me excited about Science!
This are one of the best educational series in RUclips and Mr. Carroll himself is a great presenter. Thank you for your hard work and for the time you spend to share your knowledge with us!
Thanks for taking the time for this series. It really helps to have a detailed explanation of all the topics for us non-scientists. Besides loving to know a bit better the laws of our universe just for the fun of it, I do plan to use the gained knowledge to battle non-scientific and false statements about physics and science when I come across them. It is important to share scientific knowledge with friends and these videos sure do help to pass more accurate information not just some regurgitated pop-science articles us non-scientists come across. Thanks once again!
Waited until the last episode so I could honestly say I enjoyed every minute of the series - I've seen a lot of science videos, and this series has a unique place among them!
One of the most startling revelations :-) of this series was that I was able to grasp more of these ideas than I imagined I could. Envisioning the nature of the universe these past few months along with like-minded souls has been a joy. Thank you kindly Sean!!
I studied engineering and worked in finance for 5 years now but have always wanted to study astronomy/astrophysics/cosmology. This series has been incredibly rewarding. I recall being completely overwhelmed when the series got super quantitative but pushed through. I'm not sure whether I will go ahead with in the end but I've just put through an application to study a Bachelor of Science part-time. Life is short and I was inspired by you. Thank you Sean for rekindling my, and undoubtedly a lot of other people's, interest in the biggest ideas in the universe! This has been a real gift.
Sean Carroll has the best backgrounds of all the podcasts
Yes, his computerized blackboard is a great innovation. Mathematicians for some reason are addicted to blackboards. They should take notice.
The Biggest Ideas series is absolutely brilliant. Science constantly expands our functional understand of the natural world. Many times, I see myself as a child trying to understand the world. I'm the proverbial child trying to fit the ocean of knowledge into a tinny sea shell in my hand.
What a magnificent series you've produced here. A thousand thanks from sunny Ireland ☘️
You've used quarantine as an opportunity to provide - both knowledge, approachably and as well structured as any course, and much food for thought for a while to come. For these, so many thanks.
The worst thing about a great series like this is that you're always wanting more. I wish it didn't end, but I'm glad we got what we got. Thank you for doing this series.
This is two years after your series concluded, and perhaps you won’t even read this.
Thank you Sean. What an amazing journey you have taken us through. Indeed a great gift. Not only did you explain very complex subjects in a coherent way, but now my mind is ablaze with questions. As you close the series, you contemplate what to do next.
This is just a metaphor, but if the universe we “see and measure” is a two-dimensional maze and there is a piece of cheese floating above it that we can only “smell” there is no set of directions or instructions that allows us to find the cheese if we stay “in” the maze. In other words, will we find new frontiers in Physics by plowing forward staying within the confines of the current definitions and formulations?
You also mentioned something that hit a note… Do we even have the “language” (or the brain) to tackle or decode some of these problems. We can mathematically conceive of other dimensions but can we really work out what happens there from the 4 dimensions we live in?
There seems to be a strong “directionality” to the universe we see. If you collide two cars, you get a buch of parts flying everywhere, heat, sound, etc. but bringing all those elements back to the same spot doesn’t get you back the two cars. There a “sequence of assembly” for a car. Does that apply to particle physics? Or are all the possibilities in Feynman diagrams as reversible as they seem to be with just a probability factor attached to them?
Anyway, too much rambling….
Thank you.
I am truly fascinated by all the ideas you have so eloquently explained.
Thank you for this, the whole series has been wonderful to follow.
Your open minded and humble manner of presentation is incredible. Thank you so much. Very sad this is the final podcast.
Thanks Sean. Appreciate you taking the time out to teach me so much. Bravo!
There is a branch of the wave function where you decide to go to 48 ideas. In that branch you also win the lottery.
Amazing series. As with everything we enjoy it felt it passed fast, can't believe this is the last episode. Thank you Sean for all your time.
I'll quote Arthur Eames: Science is the best way we have to eventually be right.
Thank you soooo much. You, Sir Sean M. Carroll, motivated me to spend 3 hours per day to study physics bringing unmeasurable joy in my daily life. I simply forgot being old. Thanks a lot!
Thank you Sean Carroll for this incredible insight into modern fundamental physics and more. This video series kept me pleasantly distracted/entertained during recovery from cancer surgery - it literally helped fight the pain. I'm sad the series is over, but it's a lot of work I'm sure. You did an incredible job, better than I've ever seen on this masterfully curated subject matter. I'm off to binge Mindscape next.
Some thoughts on this Sean Carroll video series: The series is a good overview of some of modern physics with useful math analysis. It is not too dumbed-down and gives insights into how the Universe works.
This final episode ("24. Science") is a good wrap-up video and I especially like the focus, from 1:41:20 onwards, on Gravity, Cosmology and Particle Physics. Problems of current interest are mentioned, in Cosmology, for example, (including the issues of Dark Matter and Dark Energy).
Coincidentally, probably my favourite other videos in the series were the pair "22. Cosmology". I also liked the pair "16. Gravity". Other highlights were the videos about Particle Physics - "Matter" and "Atoms" I think.
Generally speaking, this "The Biggest Ideas in the Universe" series also blends historical and philosophical-type reflections. There is discussion of theoretical physics but also experiment/observational data. The content is educational and up-to-date. Neat!
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Thank you sir for your time and knowledge.
You have such a unique mind it would be a shame to limit this to just the physical world. I would love to see a Biggest Ideas of Philosophy, Biggest Ideas of Art History, etc. I know you would say these are not your expertise, but you have such a great talent for breaking things down and building them up from first principles that I think you could tackle any topic!
The biggest ideas in Philosophy????
YES PLEASE!!!
Let's get as many likes and comments on this and see if together we can get his attention! We could get lucky!!
Thank you for sharing your knowledge Prof. Sean!
Thank you Dr. Carroll for taking the time out of your schedule to help us comprehend the universe. Your mark will forever be recognized.
Absolutely the best series explaining physics on RUclips. Especially not shying away from mathematics, tackling all important basic problems. Explaining with necessary details, correlating with equations. What a journey. Thank you sir for taking your time and making physics more available. Now I will re-watch the whole series again.
Sean Carrol is the real deal: an excellent communicator, explainer, and charismatic.
This series is the deepest dive that is understandable I’ve ever seen. Thank you so much.
This series of videos will enlighten the next generation of enthusiasts, maybe more than one generation. I learned things, datas and math I had searched for the last 40 years, and didn't find in what was accessible to the general public. I believe that very few were rebuked by the equations. Thank you Doctor Caroll.
Professor Carroll, Thank you so much for sharing your Knowledge and vision. This series of lectures was above the top. You are one of the most gifted teachers I ever had.
This series was and forever will be among (or rather at, imo) the top of science communication videos. What an effort. Thank you so much for your time, and for even answering some of my questions in the Q&As. I'm really quite sad it's over, was always looking forward to the two videos along the week. I guess the podcasts are next. Greetings from Germany
Science is wonderful, is the best answer that we can do about the universe. These series of videos “The Biggest Ideas in the Universe” is the best content about physics that I see in the world. Thanks Prof. Sean for make this videos and bring great knoledge for the the internet.I intend to do a master's degree in physics after these videos.
Thank you for your time and effort in making these. I looked forward to each one and learned much. I'm sure to re-watch this many times. Thank you from PEI,Canada
I don't know how to thank You for your effort . To say it was useful is a huge understatement. You sir are a true humanist. I am sure You could find many more important things rather then educating simple humans. Thanks to You I came across symmetries and I fell in love whit it. I seriously consider further steps towards deeper understanding of the subject. For that and much more I will stay grateful forever. All the best and I am awaiting to hear You in next Mindscape podcast.
Professor Sean, this was such a great series. I can't describe how much I enjoyed this series and every episode. The series was more than just a regular info, but it was revealing and shining new perspectives. I liked the treatment that did not shy away from math, and still kept accessible to folks who don't know enough math. Personally I am a working software engineer, and I knew calculus from high school, but all the of the things you covered about Riemann, and Topology and Hamiltonian, "its all about fields" and others was such a treat. You demystified the buzz words that I used to hear in other talks online like symmetry breaking, etc. Plus the great humor you deliver this lecture made this worth the watch. I was already a big fan of yours. Now I admit that I don't remember all of the details you covered, but I am going to go back to the series all over again. With renewed interest in some dry math topics like Groups, I want to learn more physics and math. The lockdown could not have been better. Feel sad to see the series end.
Thank you for the series. Tremendous series and a magnanimous gift to help get thru the pandemic
Absolutely stunning. Thank you, Professor.
Sean, Thank You so much. As I stated before, I'll be watching the series time and again to understand. Thanks.
This was such an awesome series of videos. Thank you, Sean!
This whole video series deserves some kind of award. Definitely best of RUclips 2020.
Just adding my thanks. I did a theoretical physics degree 50 years ago and it has been a joy to be brought up to date in such a vivid and entertaining fashion.
Thank you Sean Carrol for this incredible learning opportunity. There is no doubt that in the future there will be at least one revolutionary discovery made by someone who was inspired by this series. You have made a wonderful contribution to humanity by making these videos. The best part about being born in the late 80s/early 90s, is that you got to wonder about this stuff as a kid, and then learn about it for free as a young adult.
Thank you for the time and effort you put into this series. I’m not a Physicist by trade, but as a casual fan of Physics and Science in general, your approach and teaching methodology has been both educational and entertaining.
I got so much out of this series. I actually started using "I can do better" when I read to my kids and sure enough it puts them at ease and they are more comfortable trying new concepts! Thank you, Dr. Carroll!
One of the most interesting and informative videos or presentations on any subject I’ve seen here in RUclips land. I’ve had a growing interest in science that started around 15 years ago. I’ve always kind of liked science but around 15 years ago I had a real thirst for science and all the various science disciplines, if that’s the right word, like biology, chemistry, cosmology etc etc. And over the last 15 years I’d say Sean Carroll is one of my personal favourites as I find him to be someone who has this great gift of being able to pitch education in a way that is very accessible and extremely inviting ? Not sure if inviting is the right word for what I’m trying to say. He just pulls me into subjects that I find myself understanding more and more. Subjects or topics regarding things that a few years ago I barely understood to now where I am getting to grips more and more with some pretty complex subject matter. Like quantum theory, plus many more subjects and topics around physics and cosmology. There’s a genuineness and a sincerity in his delivery too. If that makes sense. So thanks Mr Carroll.
I just want to thank you, Mr. Sean Carroll, for this great series and show you my appreciation and gratitude for your great efforts and hard work in making these productions. Your lessons are outstanding, very informative and easily explained and they contribute greatly to increasing the interest and understanding of physics and astronomy for the general public!
Thank you for continuing this series as long as you did! I'm truly grateful for having had the opportunity to learn from you
Thank you sir I'm really grateful to you for this series coz you keep inspiring us in this hard time through your efforts.🖤🖤🖤🖤
Thank you Professor Carroll, that was undoubtedly the most enjoyment, I've ever had learning anything. Complex ideas, simply explained. Brilliant series.
Thank you professor. Really enjoyed the time you put into this to help us learn. But also low-key depressed it has come to an end.
So incredible, this series was just so good... no matter where you're at in your knowledge of science, this series offers new insight everywhere... thank you so much Sean
i am so happy about this series
Thanks for the great series professor. I watched each one, took notes, and learned so much. I think knowledge is the greatest gift one can give, and you have given us so much.
Thank you for your time and knowledge. I’ve learned a great deal and I’m motivated to continue. You are appreciated 🙏🏻
I had to take a moment to say thank ms for making these videos. They filled a very important niche and are a great service to science, physics, and society. I loved every minute!
I think you should feel very comfortable behind the Feynman desk. I was an undergrad physics student at the University of Washington in the early 60's. The classes were good, but I hungered for something more, something deeper. So I poured over Bohm, the then-novel Action concept, and especially Feynman's three oversize red volumes. Thank you for giving me a wonderful glimpse of what's happened over the last 57 years.
I move that the Feynman Desk hereby be renamed to the Feynman-Carroll Desk!
In "20. Entropy and Information" I commented: "I am surprised that you haven't covered the biggest of ideas - model building and validation i.e. "science" itself!"
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This series was a long but inspiring journey through the world of physics. I watched many of the videos twice and it was entirely worth it! Thank you Sean for this quality content and hoping it reaches many others.
Thank you Sean for this series, and so much more. Wonderful.
Thank you Sean, a brilliant series worthy of a TV series loved every minute 😁
Thank you sir for this series ☺️☺️
Bright spot in an otherwise garbage year. Will re-watch this series often. Thank you.
Thank you for this series. I know you said that this is just the end of the series and not the end of you talking about physics but I wanted to encourage you to continue anyway. These topics benefit from exposure and you’re doing a wonderful job in championing the value of exposing it to the masses.
Thanks again for a wonderful series. The world needs more inspirational professors, teachers and leaders to push boundaries.
Thank you Sean, I thoroughly enjoyed the series and thank you for your contribution to make this available to a wider audience. I wish you all success and happiness and look forward to your next leg of the journey!
Thanks a lot Mr. Carroll for your time and dedication, very enjoyable, informational, explanatory, we can now go an share this with others. You have now transcended through the digitalization of your talks for future generations, well until youtube finds this controversial or inappropriate. Thanks again and stay safe.
Totally amazing series, thank you so much!
Great series of vids. Sorry it has ended.. Guess i'll just have to rewatch them.
Thankyou very much.
What a wonderful series! Thanks for keeping us company during this long, difficult summer.
thank you Sean, you have been a big part of my lockdown and appreciate you getting some of us through these weird times!
Thank you, prof. Sean. This amazing series too is a really big idea. Greetings from Italy
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Just found these, I have lots of viewing to do! Thanks Sean!
My compliments, this is a great lecture that deserves at least a million listeners in the coming few years.
Thank you so much for this video and the series as a whole. It fills a gap in between professional physics education that is only available to a very few and the level available in science sections in newspapers and a like that can not go deep enough to really bring across the essence of the theories discussed.
Thank you for a wonderful series.
Don't leave us yet, Sean! I still don't get how Psi(x1, x2) = psi1(x1) psi2(x2) is a real wavefunction!
But thank you for making these videos. I have learned a lot of very interesting things, and I've been inspired to pursue these ideas further through lectures and courses. You've answered all sorts of questions that I have had since I graduated. You're truly a hero for public science education.
A superb conclusion to a fascinating series of lectures. Thank you very much.
At last I found time to finish watching these videos! Thanks so much for making them. There isn't enough material at this level, and it's been great fun following along somewhat with math and physics ideas that have been too many textbooks beyond the reach of my free time.
Thank-you very much for all the time and effort you put into this series Sean and for making it freely available - I learned a lot!
Having watched every minute of every video in this series, thank you very much for doing this.
So many thanks to Sean for the great series. I am a chemist, and could not believe to myself to have completed the whole series with so much interesting.
Thanks Prof. Sean. You socialized the biggest ideas of the universe precisely in comm words. That's really awesome!
The most wonderful fruit of the entire universe (as far as we know) is Science. We don't have to preserve organisms including human species, but we must preserve scientific achievements. Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Cosmology, forever !!
It has been a great journey, thank you so much for all of these gems! I have enjoyed your videos immensely!
Thanks for this series Professor Carrol, it has been both illuminating and enjoyable.
Thank you very much for the video series. I really appreciate your effort to provide the deep dive into all the different areas that you covered. An excellent initiative!!!
Merci infiniment! 😊♾🖖🏼⭐️
Your enthusiasm and optimism are wonderful.
I feel the urge to download every single video of this series just in case if it somehow disapears