Sentient Episode 2 part 1: Gravity with Dr. Ashtekar

In the two parts of this episode, we converse with a very eminent personality in the field of physics: Dr. Abhay Ashtekar, one of the founders of Loop Quantum Gravity. 00:15​ Anecdotes  12:37​ Spinors  18:15​ Quantum Loop Gravity  25:59​ Quantization of General Relativity  28:52​ Contrasts between LQG and String Theory  32:36​ Current status of both the theories  41:20​ The Big Bang Theory  45:42​ Loop Quantum Cosmology and Freeman's equation  52:10​ His Favorite equation 53:17​ Work ethics and Message to the youth in Science   Credits: Tejas Sonawane, Hetanshu Bharadiya, Gayatri Savarkar, Shailly Sahay, Mahak Bajaj, Neel Kolhe

In the two parts of this episode, we converse with a very eminent personality in the field of physics: Dr. Abhay Ashtekar, one of the founders of Loop Quantum Gravity. 2:46​  : Life in Maharashtra and getting into Physics  16:05​ : Studying the then-new fields of Quantum Mechanics and Relativity   20:54​ : Why is Gravity so unruly and problematic  29:29​ : General relativity and a part of Ashtekar's work  39:19 : Cutting the podcast at    Credits: Tejas Sonawane, Hetanshu Bharadiya, Gayatri Savarkar, Shailly Sahay, Mahak Bajaj, Neel Kolhe

With the founders. In our first episode, we reminisce how the idea behind the podcast came into being and how it got executed. Later, the founders of Sigma Phi, The Society of Physics join in to share their experiences, feelings, and advice.