Jed Buchwald: Isaac Newton and the Philosophy of Science | Lex Fridman Podcast #214

Jed Buchwald is a historian and philosopher of science at Caltech. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
0:00 – Introduction
0:31 – How does science progress?
16:44 – Theory of Everything
28:37 – Consciousness
32:12 – Most Beautiful Moments in Science
39:57 – Isaac Newton
1:06:10 – Competition in Science
1:16:44 – Newton’s Career
1:29:55 – Importance of Data
1:36:13 – Alchemy
1:40:28 – Newton and Religion
1:43:41 – Showing Newton the future
1:48:25 – Newton and Einstein

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