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The power of principles : physics revealed : a conversation with Nima Arkani-Hamed / Open Agenda Publishing.

LIBRA DVD QC30 .P69 2013b
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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Arkani-Hamed, Nima, interviewee.
Burton, Howard, 1965- interviewer, producer.
Malecki, Justin, producer.
Niblo, Andrew, editor.
Thomas, Shafton, musician.
Open Agenda Publishing, publisher.
Series:
Ideas Roadshow
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Arkani-Hamed, Nima--Interviews.
Arkani-Hamed, Nima.
Physics--Study and teaching.
Physics.
Physicists.
Genre:
Documentary films.
Interviews.
Video recordings.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
polychrome
Place of Publication:
[Toronto, Ontario] : Open Agenda Publishing, [2013]
System Details:
DVD-R, NTSC, Region 1.
digital
optical
NTSC
video file
DVD video
region 1
Summary:
One of the world's most respected and innovative scientists, Nima Arkani-Hamed takes us inside the world of a working theoretical physicist, sharing his frustration at some of the ways that physics is communicated to the general public while revealing how he and his colleagues hope to be steered towards the truth without experiment to guide them.
Contents:
So, why haven't you written a popular book?
Are popular science books doing their job?
What do you do all day?
Against nymphs, dryads, and leprechauns
The power of principles
The case of faster-than-light neutrinos
The ghost of theorist future.
Participant:
Host, Howard Burton.
Credits:
Producer, Justin Malecki, Howard Burton; editor, Andrew Niblo; music, Shafton Thomas.
Notes:
Videodisc release of the documentary motion picture produced in 2013.
Aspect ratio 16:9.
OCLC:
919167925

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