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Lecture accompanying the 20th Science Festival in Warsaw, October 2, 2016 [1h14min] https://wszechnica.org.pl/wyklad/geom... The universe can be described using geometric equations. Rev. Prof. Michał Heller argued during a popular science lecture as part of the 20th Science Festival that there is beauty in their universality. As a key to its interpretation, the cosmologist used... paintings by famous impressionists. Rev. Prof. Heller explained that geometry is universal. The light that inspired the paintings of Monet or Van Gogh, as well as the light received from space by telescopes, can be described using the same equations. Thanks to them, we can recreate the image of the universe based on signals that were emitted in its distant corners tens of millions of years ago. The cosmologist spoke about how geometry describes space-time and black holes. And the truth of this description is empirically confirmed by discoveries such as the recording of gravitational waves. He also talked about geometric models that try to describe the universe not only on the largest scale, but also at the level of elementary particles. Finally, referring to Weinberg and Einstein, he explained when a theory becomes beautiful for a physicist. After the lecture, Rev. Prof. Heller answered several questions from the audience present in the room. They were curious about what the cosmos consists of, whether the Big Bang can be described as beautiful and whether it even took place, and how to read the equation E=mc2. Find us: /wszechnicafww /wszechnicafww1 https://anchor.fm/wszechnicaorgpl---h... https://anchor.fm/wszechnica-fww-nauka https://wszechnica.org.pl/ #festiwalnascience #universe #geometry #beauty #cosmos