Professor Francesco Sannino is the Founder and Director of the Centre for Cosmology and Particle Physics Phenomenology (CP³-Origins) at the University of Southern Denmark. He is also the founder of the Danish Institute for Advanced Study, where is Chair of Physics. He is also currently Chair in Theoretical Physics at the University Federico II in Napoli and the Scuola Superiore Meridionale in Italy.

In this episode, we look inside a glass of Weißbier to see what the universe is made of. Below is a timestamp of the conversation.

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(00:05:25) The atom and electromagnetism

(00:23:50) Where do protons comes from?

(00:31:40) Worm holes

(00:33:44) The beginning of the universe and a theory for everything

(00:44:46) Discoveries at CERN

(00:49:04) Fundamental particles

(00:51:57) What is in empty space?

(00:53:32) Gravity and the Higgs

(01:00:18) Black Holes

(01:07:05) Time travel and consciousness

(01:09:20) How did Francesco get interested in physics

(01:11:32) The creation of DIAS

(01:16:14) Modelling the spread of infectious disease 

Find a lecture from Francesco here

String theory

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_vtUtc1noI

The pandemic playbook: A physicist take - DIAS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOhZUjyvV44

The elegant laws of the Universe and it´s mysteries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLkz3-Wio94

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This season of the podcast is made with the support from the Danish Institute for Advanced Study. Follow their Lecture series.

This podcast is hosted by Michael Magee.

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