From One Infinity to Another

Embark on a quest in search of the infinitely big and small, alongside the men and women of physics who will help you discover the link between the tiniest distances in the structure of matter and the greatest distances of the Universe known to date, as well as the scientific methods used to study them. You will learn that many messengers from our Universe—such as photons, neutrinos and cosmic rays—are also objects of interest to physicists who study matter at the smallest scales. You will also find out how, thanks to the progress made in the study of the infinitely small, we can understand the history of the Universe, including the formation of matter and the disappearance of antimatter. Our understanding of these two infinities can progress harmoniously, with each one relying on the advances of the other.
This French-taught class is part of the “Journeys from the Infinitely Big to the Infinitely Small” MOOC, developed by physicists from the P2IO (Physics of Two Infinities and Origins) Laboratory of Excellence, a cluster of physics laboratories located in Orsay and Saclay focused on the physics of the infinitely big and small.
- Towards the Infinitely Small
- Towards the Infinitely Big
- From One Infinity to Another
- The Two Infinities and Our World
The different themes of this MOOC will demonstrate our understanding of the infinitely big and infinitely small, the puzzles that arise from these fields, how these two infinities relate to each other, and the links these findings have to society.