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

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:

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(00:00) - Introduction

(06:34) - How does science progress?

(22:48) - Theory of Everything

(34:40) - Consciousness

(38:15) - Most Beautiful Moments in Science

(46:00) - Isaac Newton

(1:12:13) - Competition in Science

(1:22:47) - Newton's Career

(1:35:58) - Importance of Data

(1:42:17) - Alchemy

(1:46:31) - Newton and Religion

(1:49:44) - Showing Newton the future

(1:54:28) - Newton and Einstein