MAKE HISTORY WITH US THIS SUMMER: https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025 PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysci PARADIGM DRIFT https://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-show André Koch Torres Assis is a professor of Physics at Brazil’s University of Campinas, an invited speaker at our Beyond the Big Bang meeting this June, and a brilliant historian who has devoted his life to uncovering the missing pieces of scientific progress that lie scattered in the untranslated works and letters of the great physicists of the last century, including Wilhelm Weber and André-Marie Ampère. Today, we primarily occupy ourselves with alternative explanations to the Cosmic Microwave Background radiation. Many listeners will be familiar with Pierre Marie Robitaille’s theory that the CMB is produced due to the hydrogen bond lattice of the oceans. Here, Assis lays out a different theory - championed by at least four Nobel Laureates - that the CMB isn’t the afterglow of the Big Bang - it’s simply the temperature at which the cold, dark objects of space are equilibrated against the background light of the stars. Dr. Assis' website (full references): http://www.ifi.unicamp.br/~assis Dr. Assis' talk from DemystiCon 2025: https://youtu.be/bboKmG0uUuU More references related to this podcast: https://johnplaice.substack.com/p/a-temperature-for-space-was-predicted & his cosmology webgroup: https://cosmology.info/ Our first two podcasts with Dr. Assis: 1) https://youtu.be/VGql2qiRjkY 2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGHNKORQZK8 00:00 Go! 00:05:09 Upcoming conference 00:07:18 Translation and Historical Insights 00:12:47 Controversies in Electrodynamics 00:24:27 Current and Magnetism Debates 00:27:25 Philosophical Doubts in Scientific Validation 00:31:13 Electromagnetism and Historical Contributions 00:36:11 Evolution of Electrodynamic Theories 00:42:14 Cosmic Background Radiation and Paradigm Shifts 00:49:54 Historical Predictions of Cosmic Temperature 00:56:38 Theoretical Insights on Cosmic Temperature 01:04:24 Cosmic Rays and Temperature Measurements 01:10:05 Notable Contributions and Theories Supporting Infinite Universe 01:15:03 Mechanisms Behind Redshift Interpretations 01:25:36 Understanding Fluorescence and Redshift 01:28:22 Historical Perspectives on Cosmology 01:30:20 Hubble's Law and Its Misinterpretations 01:33:41 Challenges of Cosmic Expansion Concepts 01:39:47 Controversies in Redshift and Galaxy Formation 01:44:00 Quasars and Intrinsic Redshift Theories 01:57:16 Redshift and Universe Expansion Debate 02:00:27 Hubble's Legacy and Cosmological Views 02:04:55 The Search for Alternative Redshift Theories #Cosmology, #Astrophysics, #QuantumPhysics, #Quasars, #ScientificRevolution, #NewPhysics, #Electrodynamics, #SpaceScience, #CosmicMicrowaveBackground, #InfiniteUniverse, #PhilosophyOfScience, #philosophypodcast, #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast ABOUS US: 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. PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/all AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98 DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD SUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci BLOG: http://DemystifySci.com/blog RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss MAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S 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