The Book of Wisdom

We read "The Book of Wisdom" by Harry B. Joseph page by page and explain every idea from zero. After each idea comes a short corner, "🔍 What does science say?": what has been tested, what is known, and what is still open.

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Episode 1

Let There Be Light: What the Book Says vs. What Science Says

Light, the invisible radiation, how light turns into matter, the soup at the beginning of the universe, and a blind-spot experiment you can do at home.

Chapters (9)

1. 00:00 Let there be light: opening
2. 01:19 The book says: a universe of light waves
3. 02:54 🔍 What does science say? Light, radiation and matter
4. 07:32 The book says: you don't see reality
5. 08:51 🔍 What does science say? The blind-spot experiment
6. 10:27 The book says: secrets hidden in words
7. 12:24 🔍 What does science say? Etymology
8. 13:45 The book says: the mind is spirit
9. 15:32 Summary

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Episode 1.1 · Deep dive, by your request

Where Does Matter Come From? From Light, Explained

Following your questions on Episode 1: how light turns into matter. Energy is like money, and every particle has a price. Matter and antimatter pairs, a cloud chamber and a PET scan, the soup of light of the Big Bang, how stars build the elements, and what a "flat universe" even means.

Chapters (23)

1. 00:00 Where does matter come from?
2. 00:43 Weak light and strong light
3. 01:41 Got a question? Write it in the comments
4. 02:00 What is matter? Atom, nucleus, quarks
5. 04:00 Nature's shop: E=mc²
6. 05:07 Try to buy an electron
7. 05:48 Electric charge: plus and minus cards
8. 07:30 What is antimatter?
9. 08:46 Push (momentum): why you need a nucleus
10. 11:30 In the lab: a cloud chamber
11. 12:01 And in reverse: matter turns into light, the PET scan
12. 13:19 The soup of light of the Big Bang
13. 14:23 Why the universe expanded, and why that cools it
14. 16:39 One in a billion: why did matter remain?
15. 17:03 How do we know? The ancient light
16. 18:41 The principle: glue vs. money
17. 20:25 Stages 1 to 3: protons, nuclei, atoms
18. 23:19 Stage 4: stars and fusion
19. 25:22 How does a proton become a neutron?
20. 26:30 From helium to gold
21. 27:48 Is matter light that stepped down?
22. 32:29 What is a "flat universe"?
23. 36:18 Ending

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