Weekly Space Hangout - Flashes of Creation by Dr. Paul Halpern: George Gamow, Fred Hoyle, & the Great Big Bang Debate

<p class="p1"><a href= "https://youtu.be/qhLr7RlLVQs">https://youtu.be/qhLr7RlLVQs</a></p> <p class="p1">[Editor Rich: I’m sorry about the many, many audio dropouts in the feed today. We’ll look into the cause and try to address the problem. Thank you for understanding!]</p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1"><strong>Host:</strong> Fraser Cain ( <a href="https://twitter.com/fcain">@fcain</a> )</span><span class= "s2"><br /></span><span class="s1"><strong>Special Guest:</strong></span> This week we welcome Dr. Paul Halpern, professor of physics at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia. His new book, <em>"Flashes of Creation: George Gamow, Fred Hoyle, and the Great Big Bang Debate"</em> brings to life one of the greatest clashes of ideas in the history of science.</p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1">Dr. Paul Halpern is a professor of physics at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia and the author of seventeen popular science books, including <em>The Quantum Labyrinth</em>, <em>Einstein’s Dice and Schrödinger’s Cat</em>, and <em>Synchronicity</em>. He is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and is a Fellow of the American Physical Society. He lives near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.</p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1">Be sure to follow Paul on Twitter (<a href= "https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbnFRa1BhY0d4bUdfWndvSE82Z0t6Z3BLWXQ2UXxBQ3Jtc0tseWQybURRZHZwTjhrY3E0dzZpdDdLa3N4TU8wUmxMYWVMcFBVYjBtdjVNS01rOFFJLVh3bEE2eDNhUlJEZ1UzS1BUR2pFWHYxY2hJSmlEeGJ6QktoR1lLWjNkT2x1V2hFUGZDZklza3FHaGVMZ3QxSQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fphalpern">https://twitter.com/phalpern</a>) and Facebook (<a href= "https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbUtCY2VsRk9qQ3UzUHFEeE9GOUtQX1YzTHNNQXxBQ3Jtc0ttVzJWR1g1LXp1dmFkZFM0UzNtWXBwMFdrOWxSTExqT0dWM1JWVzRfUjAxVWQ3UGZkbnB4OXNMbnd3U1hmczVjbzlicHRiRXhkWDZwSzV1aERTQTZXaWtMZEF6dWI4cVM0MmNEWlczQmVseGNNUmtyQQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FDrPaulHalpern%2F">https://www.facebook.com/DrPaulHalpern/</a>).