• #62 Exploring Twistor Theory - an interview with Lionel Mason and Maciej Dunajski

  • Oct 3 2024
  • Length: 30 mins
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#62 Exploring Twistor Theory - an interview with Lionel Mason and Maciej Dunajski

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  • In the latest episode of Living Proof, Dan Aspel speaks to Professors Lionel Mason (Oxford) and Maciej Dunajski (Cambridge) of the Twistor Theory programme (https://www.newton.ac.uk/event/twt). Over the 30 minutes, they share their experiences of the scale and challenges of this far-reaching topic that - amongst other things - aims to unify general relativity and quantum mechanics.

    00:00 - Introduction

    00:42 - Welcome

    01:48 - “I have been excited about this programme for 40 years”, introducing the topic

    05:18 - Successes of the programme, the attendance of Roger Penrose

    06:30 - Connecting Twistor Theory with the Kennedy assassination, a short history of the field

    10:28 - The many languages of mathematics

    13:45 - Periods of acceleration within the field, “… the 70s must have been truly exciting”, the collaboration between Penrose and Michael Atiyah

    17:50 - “Roger makes no secret of the fact that he disapproved of String Theory”

    19:48 - What applications can one expect from Twistor Theory?

    27:14 - Personal highlights of the month-long programme, celebrating 30 years of collaboration
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