Can nothingness possess dimensions or resist the pull of entropy?
In short: Chemist Peter Atkins addresses complex inquiries regarding the fundamental rules governing our universe, exploring the nature of vacuum and the energy required to defy disorder.
Following a presentation on how the universe's governing principles emerged, Atkins engages with an audience to dissect deep physical paradoxes. The discussion touches on whether a state of nothingness can have spatial dimensions and the specific energy demands needed to overcome entropy.
Recorded at the Royal Institution on 21 May 2018, this session features the author of a recent work concerning the genesis of natural laws.
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