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Audio Edition: Epic Effort to Ground Physics in Math Opens Up the Secrets of Time

Audio Edition: Epic Effort to Ground Physics in Math Opens Up the Secrets of Time

At the microscopic scale, time is reversible. But when you zoom out, there is no going back. Why is this true?

The Quanta Podcast

February 19, 202617m 29s

Show Notes

By mathematically proving how individual molecules create the complex motion of fluids, three mathematicians have illuminated why time can’t flow in reverse.

The story Epic Effort to Ground Physics in Math Opens Up the Secrets of Time first appeared on Quanta Magazine.