Researchers Strive To Fill "Chasm Of Ignorance"

Physics is a huge, complex field. It also happens to be one of the most fascinating, dealing with everything from black holes and wormholes to quantum teleportation and gravitational waves. To straighten that out once and for all, YouTuber Dominic Walliman has created a map that shows how the many branches of physics link together, from the earliest days of classical physics and Isaac Newton, all the way through to Einstein's relativity and quantum physics (with a little bit of philosophy thrown in there for good measure). 

You can buy a poster version of the map here, and also download a higher res version. If that still just makes you feel a little nauseous, don't worry, because Walliman has also created an amazing animation that takes you through this map step by step, and summarises the history of physics, in just 8 delightful minutes.

The video shows that there's a gaping "chasm of ignorance" that physicists need to fill in before we can truly understand how the Universe works. This includes things like dark matter and energy, which work in theory, but so far have never been directly observed or explained.

So, for anyone who's ever hurt their brain by trying to think about what the Universe is expanding into, or what exactly space-time is made of, this is for you. Because when the history of physics is broken down into a palatable 8 minutes, it suddenly doesn't seem so scary after all.

Now, check out the video enclosed to go and use your newly minted expertise to impress some fellow students.

Knobull suggests you view further details at: https://www.sciencealert.com/this-genius-video-explains-everything-you-need-to-know-about-physics