Over the next few weeks scientist and author Andrew Maynard will be taking you on a journey from the past to the edge of tomorrow as he reads through the book Future Rising. It’s a journey that starts with the big bang, and ends with our responsibility to future generations. Along the way, there’ll be plenty twists and turns, some intriguing new ideas, and even a few surprises.

Episode 1 drops Monday May 17

For more on the book Future Rising: A Journey from the Past to the Edge of Tomorrow, check out http://futurerisingbook.com

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Host:
Professor Andrew Maynard
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Twitter: http://twitter.com/2020science
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In today’s episode of Future Rising , Andrew Maynard takes inspiration from William Anders’ 1968 photograph “Earthrise” as he considers our relationship to what comes next, and our collective and individual responsibilities to it.

Check out Bill Anders’ Earthrise photo here: https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_1249.html

For more on the book Future Rising: A Journey from the Past to the Edge of Tomorrow, check out http://futurerisingbook.com

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Host:
Professor Andrew Maynard
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Twitter: http://twitter.com/2020science
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Before the big bang there was no future and no past – just a pinprick of potential that existed outside what we now think of space and time. In today’s episode of Future Rising we go back to the beginning of everything, and the emergence of a universe that is governed by the flow of time between past and future.

If you’re interested in more on the origins of everything, this National Geographic video is a good place to start: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdPzOWlLrbE

For more on the book Future Rising: A Journey from the Past to the Edge of Tomorrow, check out http://futurerisingbook.com

We’ll be positing new episodes of Future Rising on Monday’s Wednesday’s and Fridays. Please subscribe on your favorite podcast platform if you don’t want to miss them. And please do leave us a review!

Host:
Professor Andrew Maynard
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Twitter: http://twitter.com/2020science
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In today’s episode of Future Rising we explore the physical and metaphorical role of light in guiding our thinking about the future, and how we’re connected to it.

If you’re interested in learning more on the role of caesium atoms in time keeping, check out this great article from the BBC:

Caesium: A brief history of timekeeping
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-29476893

For more on the book Future Rising: A Journey from the Past to the Edge of Tomorrow, check out http://futurerisingbook.com

We’ll be positing new episodes of Future Rising on Monday’s Wednesday’s and Fridays. Please subscribe on your favorite podcast platform if you don’t want to miss them. And please do leave us a review!

Host:
Professor Andrew Maynard
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In today’s episode of Future Rising we look at the many different roles of “movement” in our journey from the past to the future.

For more on gravitons, here’s an intriguing article about work being carried out by colleagues at Arizona State University:

'The Noise of Gravitons': ASU physicists win prestigious award for gravity research
https://news.asu.edu/20200601-discoveries-noise-gravitons-asu-physicists-win-prestigious-award-gravity-research  

 
For more on the book Future Rising: A Journey from the Past to the Edge of Tomorrow, check out http://futurerisingbook.com

We’ll be positing new episodes of Future Rising on Monday’s Wednesday’s and Fridays. Please subscribe on your favorite podcast platform if you don’t want to miss them. And please do leave us a review!

Host:
Professor Andrew Maynard
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Twitter: http://twitter.com/2020science
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In today’s episode of Future Rising we grapple with the very fabric of the future as we talk about time, and how it impacts our lives and our thoughts.

For more on Steven Hawking’s A Brief History of Time, this is a great article in the Washington Post:

What made Hawking’s ‘A Brief History of Time’ so immensely popular
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/03/14/what-made-hawkings-a-brief-history-of-time-so-immensely-popular/

For more on the book Future Rising: A Journey from the Past to the Edge of Tomorrow, check out http://futurerisingbook.com

We’ll be positing new episodes of Future Rising on Monday’s Wednesday’s and Fridays. Please subscribe on your favorite podcast platform if you don’t want to miss them. And please do leave us a review!

Host:
Professor Andrew Maynard
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Twitter: http://twitter.com/2020science
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In today’s episode of Future Rising we explore that most elusive and yet important of concepts when it comes to the future: Entropy.

For more on entropy, I’d highly recommend this video from Crash Course: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsY4WcQOrfk

For more on the book Future Rising: A Journey from the Past to the Edge of Tomorrow, check out http://futurerisingbook.com

We’ll be positing new episodes of Future Rising on Monday’s Wednesday’s and Fridays. Please subscribe on your favorite podcast platform if you don’t want to miss them. And please do leave us a review!

Host:
Professor Andrew Maynard
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Twitter: http://twitter.com/2020science
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In today’s episode of Future Rising we dive into an intriguing theory developed by MIT professor Jeremy England that ties together entropy and the emergence of life on earth.

You can read more about England’s ideas in this Scientific American article from 2014:

A New Physics Theory of Life: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-new-physics-theory-of-life/

For more on the book Future Rising: A Journey from the Past to the Edge of Tomorrow, check out http://futurerisingbook.com

We’ll be positing new episodes of Future Rising on Monday’s Wednesday’s and Fridays. Please subscribe on your favorite podcast platform if you don’t want to miss them. And please do leave us a review!

Host:
Professor Andrew Maynard
Web: http://andrewmaynard.net
Twitter: http://twitter.com/2020science
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/literallyandrewmaynard/