In the two parts of this episode, we converse with a very eminent personality in the field of physics: Dr. Abhay Ashtekar, one of the founders of Loop Quantum Gravity.
00:15 Anecdotes
12:37 Spinors
18:15 Quantum Loop Gravity
25:59 Quantization of General Relativity
28:52 Contrasts between LQG and String Theory
32:36 Current status of both the theories
41:20 The Big Bang Theory
45:42 Loop Quantum Cosmology and Freeman's equation
52:10 His Favorite equation
53:17 Work ethics and Message to the youth in Science
Credits: Tejas Sonawane, Hetanshu Bharadiya, Gayatri Savarkar, Shailly Sahay, Mahak Bajaj, Neel Kolhe
In the two parts of this episode, we converse with a very eminent personality in the field of physics: Dr. Abhay Ashtekar, one of the founders of Loop Quantum Gravity.
2:46 : Life in Maharashtra and getting into Physics
16:05 : Studying the then-new fields of Quantum Mechanics and Relativity
20:54 : Why is Gravity so unruly and problematic
29:29 : General relativity and a part of Ashtekar's work
39:19 : Cutting the podcast at
Credits: Tejas Sonawane, Hetanshu Bharadiya, Gayatri Savarkar, Shailly Sahay, Mahak Bajaj, Neel Kolhe
With the founders. In our first episode, we reminisce how the idea behind the podcast came into being and how it got executed. Later, the founders of Sigma Phi, The Society of Physics join in to share their experiences, feelings, and advice.