A Profoundly Important Imperfection: Understanding Our Universe

Eric Cornell in conversation with Priyamvada Natarajan. The notion of imperfection usually carries negative implications and the idea of defect. But what is the significance and implication of the concept of imperfections in the field of physics? How did it impact our universe? Eric Cornell, Professor of Experimental Physics from the University of Colorado and Nobel Laureate for Physics in 2001, speaks with distinguished astrophysicist Priyamvada Natarajan and evaluates the one moment in time 14 billion years ago that made it possible for us to be here today. This episode is the audio version of a live online session from #JLFColorado2020.