If the universe began with a big bang, how will it end? This question has suddenly got very personal for acclaimed science poet Alicia Sometimes.
Physicists have got some hair-raising ideas, from the Big Crunch to the Big Rip. The personal, the poetic, and the physical of endings this week on Science Friction.
Hear Part 1: What Came Before the Big Bang
Guests:
Alicia Sometimes
Poet, writer, broadcaster, podcaster
Chris Ferrie
Quantum physicist, Associate Professor, Centre for Quantum Software and Information
University of Technology, Sydney
Author, Quantum Physics for Babies (and other children's books)
Katie Mack
Theoretical cosmologist, Associate professor, Department of Physics
North Carolina State University,
Hawking Chair in Cosmology and Science Communication
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
Author, The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking)
Writer: Alicia Sometimes
Producers: Alicia Sometimes, Natasha Mitchell, Lisa Needham
Sound Engineer: Matthew Crawford
