John Baez
The Future of Physics
The 20th century was, arguably, the century of fundamental physics.
While we saw immense progress on discovering the basic laws governing
matter, space, and time, this has slowed to a crawl since 1980,
despite an immense amount of work. But as I will explain, there is
exciting progress in other branches of physics: for example, using the
fundamental physics we already know to design surprising new forms of
matter. Like all other sciences in the 21st century, physics must also
embrace the challenges of the Anthropocene: the era in which humanity
is a dominant influence on the Earth’s climate and biosphere.
You can see my slides. Later you
should be able to watch a video of this talk.
© 2023 John Baez
baez@math.removethis.ucr.andthis.edu
