Tony Leggett is a Nobel Prize-winning physicist at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

EPISODE LINKS:
Tony Leggett's UIUC Website: physics.illinois.edu/people/directory/profile/aleggett

OUTLINE:
0:00 - Introduction
0:44 - The Daily Life of a Nobel Laureate
3:58 - What Would Tony Leggett Study in College Today?
7:18 - Consciousness
8:45 - Valuing People
10:50 - Superfluidity
16:07 - How To Pick Problems
21:26 - Paradigm Shifts
23:45 - Quantum Mechanics
28:38 - Persuasion
29:10 - Computational Universe
30:38 - Persuasion Part 2
34:42 - "The Future Can Affect The Present"
39:03 - Time
39:58 - Entropy
42:48 - Thought Experiments
45:25 - Brain-to-Brain Communication
48:27 - 3 Questions to Decide What to Research
52:38 - Leggett's Career
55:28 - Curiosity
59:59 - Universities
1:03:39 - Physics in Different Countries
1:05:07 - Free time to think
1:09:06 - Overcoming Barriers to Doing Physics
1:19:16 - Luck
1:22:28 - Advice for young people
🚥Overrated or Underrated Section 🚥
1:29:23 - 🎖️ Nobel Prize
1:32:23 - 🧵 String Theory
1:33:43 - 🏫 University of Illinois
1:35:32 - 👸🏼 Knighthood
1:38:59 - 🌍 Africa
👥Audience Q&A👥
1:45:10 - Public Outreach
1:46:30 - How to Study Science
1:47:39 - Textbooks/Standard Curriculum
1:48:38 - How to pick what articles/papers to read
1:49:48 - Closing Words

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• Tony Leggett: Nobel Prize, Don't Study Quantum Mechanics, & Paradigm Shifts | The UIUC Talkshow #33 ( Download)
• Sir Anthony Leggett - 2012 Lecture Series Overview ( Download)
• The Many Worlds Theory - Anthony Leggett 2011 ( Download)
• Sir Anthony Leggett on science, superfluidity, and serendipity ( Download)
• Clip: Anthony J. Leggett's speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 2003 ( Download)
• Entropy Explained by a Nobel Prize Physicist | Tony Leggett at The UIUC Talkshow ( Download)
• Physics over Mathematics : Sir Anthony Leggett ( Download)
• The Importance of Free Time | Tony Leggett at The UIUC Talkshow ( Download)
• Nobel Laureate Tony Leggett’s Shocking Claim: Can the Future Actually Influence the Present ( Download)
• Knighthood: Overrated or Underrated | Tony Leggett at The UIUC Talkshow ( Download)
• Tony Leggett Slams Stephen Wolfram’s ‘New Kind of Science’: Is It Just Overhyped Nonsense or Genius ( Download)
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• Topological Superconductors (Lecture 1) - Anthony Leggett - 2016 ( Download)
• Where was Tony Leggett Lucky | Tony Leggett at The UIUC Talkshow ( Download)
• How Nobel Laureate Thinks about Problems | | Tony Leggett at The UIUC Talkshow ( Download)