# Getting its from BITS

- Institution: CERN
- Department: Science and Society
- Speaker: Frank Wilczek
- Year: 1999
- Language: English
- Subjects: Computer science
- Source: [CERN](https://videos.cern.ch/record/3024949)
- Licence: [CERN](http://copyright.web.cern.ch)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

A great program in natural philosophy, going back at least as far as Pythagoras, has been to derive the structure of the world from pure numbers. After a brief historical introduction, I will discuss where we stand with this program. I shall argue that in some parts of physics we have realized it to an amazing extent, but that major challenges remain..

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## Lectures

1. [Getting its from BITS](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/cern/3024949/15a881b25065), 57 min (CERN's player)