Get your DEMYSTICON 2024 tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/demysticon-2024-tickets-727054969987 Cosmic scale forces seem impossible to unify with the invisible quantum universe. Perhaps the key is buried in the past. Sail through the annals of physics with us as we sit down with Dr. Alexander Unzicker, a lively and incisive German theoretical physicist and author. In this long-form podcast, pry open the deep history of physics, with a special focus on elastic theories of the enigmatic luminiferous aether. Tune in for a unique perspective that bridges the past and present, unlocking the secrets of our scientific heritage with an eye for what comes next. Unzicker's (@TheMachian ) aether playlist: https://youtu.be/JwgBa-r97LM?si=fi4P0I3N6lmitR2p Unzicker's paper on elastic medium defects: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/342479999_Nonlinear_Continuum_Mechanics_with_Defects_Resembles_Electrodynamics_-A_Comeback_of_the_Aether#fullTextFileContent Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub Sign up for a yearly Patreon membership for discounted conference tickets: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB 00:00 Go! 00:00:17 Introduction 00:10:46 The day the aether died 00:22:55 Mathematics of deformation mirror mathematics of particle physics 00:36:23 Particles as self-propagating defects 00:45:48 Material visualizations of electricity and magnetism 00:56:07 Discontinuities as a definition of matter 01:06:35 Crystalline deformations as information carriers 01:17:12 Incompressibility and the stiffness of spacetime 01:32:15 Is the speed of light a constant of the universe? 01:41:07 Closing thoughts #PhysicsRevolution, #TimelessScience, #QuantumMysteries, #PhysicsLegacy, #EinsteinianEra, #AstroHistory, #CosmicWonders, #TheoreticalInsights, #ScienceUnveiled, #MindBlownPhysics. Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss - Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD - Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671