Riddles of Reality
From Quarks to the Cosmos
 

Frank Wilczek, Nobel Laureate and Templeton Prize winner, has played a leading role in developing the most refined quantum mechanical understanding of the microworld and in proposing solutions to a number of deeply puzzling mysteries. He joins Brian Greene for a vibrant and wide-ranging discussion of these insights and what they may mean for our future understanding of reality.
 

Thursday, May 19 @ 3pm ET
 

Congratulations to Shep Doeleman and the Event Horizon Telescope team, for the first image ever of Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy. In this World Science Festival program, hear Doeleman discuss how the EHT works, the insight it gives into Einstein's theories, and its earlier triumph imaging the supermassive black hole in the galaxy M87.

 

Harvard University Professor of Physics Andrew Strominger explores the deep theoretical puzzles that have driven black hole research and the insights achieved by recent breakthroughs.