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Jun 24
49m 53s

The Philosophy of Physics with Elise Cru...

NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON
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What happens when physics meets the big questions of philosophy? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice sit down with Elise Crull, philosopher of physics at CUNY and author of The Einstein Paradox, to explore physics, philosophy, and how thought experiments shape real science. 

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