{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/579a062e-90f0-49ba-abe3-6ebee6725298/d5122974-1424-4fc4-9ca0-78a7b10af708?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Universe Speaks in Numbers: Michela Massimi interviewed by Graham Farmelo","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/60ee43f67b57990bc2e77e79/60ee4408f9ed230011278e80.png?height=200","description":"<p>What do philosophers of physics do, and what light might they shed on the work of today’s physicists and astronomers? Michela Massimi, a distinguished philosopher of science at the University of Edinburgh, discusses these and other matters with Graham in this lively interview, recorded in Michela’s office. She has a bracingly optimistic vision for her subject in the coming decades, as Graham heard.</p><p><br></p><p>This is one of a number of interviews given by world-class experts to Graham on the themes he explores in his new book <em>The Universe Speaks in Numbers</em>.&nbsp;</p>","author_name":"Faber and Faber"}