Riddles of Randomness | with Klaas Landsman

In the third episode of In a Nutshell, host Jara Majerus invites professor of Mathematical Physics and lover of randomness Klaas Landsman into the studio. In this episode, we dive into the riddles of randomness. What is randomness? Which role does it play in the universe, and what does Einstein have to do with it? Klaas Landsman knows all the answers and explains why he is utterly excited about everything random. Klaas Landsman is a Professor of Mathematical Physics and the winner of the Spinoza Prize 2022. He has investigated randomness and chance thoroughly and does not lose his enthusiasm to share and explain his findings to people around him. Want to know more about chance? Follow Klaas’ tip and read "Ten Great Ideas about Chance" by Brian Skyrms and Persi Diaconis (2018) or "Naar alle onwaarschijnlijkheid" (Dutch Edition, 2018) by Klaas himself. Edit: Jara Majerus Cover: Antonia Leise