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Is It Impossible To Cross The Event Horizon? | Black Hole Firewall Paradox
Season 10
Episode 12
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Solving the Impossible in Quantum Field Theory
Season 3
Episode 31
The equations of quantum field theory allow us to calculate the behaviour of subatomic particles by expressing them as vibrations in quantum fields. But even the most elegant and complete formulations of quantum physics – like the Dirac equation or Feynman’s path integral - become impossibly complicated when we try to use them on anything but the most simple systems.