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Introduction
01:54
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"...for we meet in an hour of change and challenge, in a decade of hope and fear, in an age of both knowledge and ignorance. The greater our knowledge increases, the greater our ignorance unfolds."
"Despite the striking fact that most of the scientists that the world has ever known are alive and working today... the vast stretches of the unknown and the unanswered and the unfinished still far outstrip our collective comprehension."
"No man can fully grasp how far and how fast we have come, but..."
"...[If] our progress teaches us anything, it is that man, in his quest for knowledge and progress, is determined and cannot be deterred. The exploration of space will go ahead, whether we join it or not
and it is one of the great adventures of all time..."
-John F. Kennedy, 1962
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Is It Infinite?
02:22
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Is it infinite?
I don't know
If you get to the end, where do you go?
Aristotle's model had the earth as a sphere
But he thought that the world stayed stationary year to year
Newton showed to the world gravity
But Einstein said relative time is how it has to be
Copernicus said that we all go around the sun
Alan Cohen said that, "This revolution's never done"
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Einstein
02:48
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Einstein...
He proved that time's not absolute
Made Newton's theory partially moot
Said light moves at a constant rate
But it exists in a dual state
Said gravity is not divine
It has an effect on time
Einstein, he's got a fine mind
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Quantum Mechanics, inescapable
Paths untraceable
God's a gambling man
Unavoidable unpredictability
Atomic energy
God's a gambling man
You can't tell us what to do now
You can't tell us where to be now
Forget determinism, our principle's uncertainty
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5. |
Black Hole
03:01
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Bubble and burst
Things can be worse
You can be a White Dwarf, a burnout, or a curse
Collapse on yourself
You life's reached its shelf
You are invisible now, no light can escape
You are a Black Hole
Stars will orbit you
You are a Black Hole
In what shape are you?
Event horizon
It's what's left to see
It's a boundary, no light can escape
Singularity
Infinite density
And space time curvature
You are a Black Hole
Stars will orbit you
You are a Black Hole
In what shape are you?
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...the universe is expanding...
Luminosity is a factor of distance
How bright is that star?
It seems so very far away
The spectrum of light is a factor of the temperature
How much is that heat?
Infrared is out of what we can see
Colors are a factor of the elements
Ain't got no blues
That provides us with important clues
The stars have a red shift
Cosmic radiation is always with us
...the universe is expanding...
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7. |
Dreaming
02:47
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It's a Spring day
My mind slips away
I'm dreaming...
Thinking about when the world starts
And where the universe falls apart
I'm tapping my toes
I'm scratching my nose
I'm dreaming...
Thinking about stars in the sky
And beautiful nights awake
I ain't got no troubles, Babe
And that's why I'm smiling
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8. |
Arrows of Time
02:42
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Stars are falling behind
Sun rays reflect on a good nights time
Pointing to the cosmos trying to understand what we see
Sitting here, just you and me
Our times perfectly align
Visions pointedly sit in our minds
Feels like we're moving backwards in time
Our past is our future and I don't mind
Arrows of time...
Stars are falling behind
Sun rays reflect on a good nights time
Talking about the future and what it will be
Making up answers based on what I see
Our times perfectly align
Visions pointedly sit in our minds
Feels like we're moving backwards in time
Our past is our future and I don't mind
Arrows of time...
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Madam I'm Atom
02:58
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Oh Madam, let's talk about the atom:
What are quarks?
What is a quark?
Are they part of a force?
Do they provide us a force?
Can they be split?
Can they be split?
Would we feel it?
How would we feel it?
Too small to be seen?
So small to be seen!
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10. |
A Dark Beauty
03:10
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Spinning out of control
A dark beauty without a soul
She has no place to go
You can see her from below
The universe is her home
Lights go out in her home
Time moves forward alone
She has nowhere to roam
You can see her from below
The universe is her home
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11. |
The Unification Song
03:20
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Come with me
To the end of our Galaxy
Unify with me
Dance with me
We'll define gravity
We'll defy infinity
The stars are our playground
The planets are hanging around
The forces that bind us
String us along
They sing to us a song
They want us to sing along
The forces that bind us
String us along
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12. |
Conclusion
01:58
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"We find ourselves in a bewildering world. We want to make sense of what we see around us and to ask: What is the nature of the universe? What is our place in it and where did it and we come from? Why is it the way it is?"
"...if we do discover a complete theory, it should in time be understandable in broad principle by everyone, not just a few scientists. Then we shall all, philosophers, scientists, and just ordinary people, be able to take part in the discussion of the question of why it is that we and the universe exist. If we find the answer to that, it would be the ultimate triumph of human reason. For then we would know the mind of God."
-Stephen Hawking, 1988
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