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Barry Barish | Exploring The History of Experimental Physics
Barry Barish | Exploring The History of Experimental Physics
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Length:
179 minutes
Released:
Aug 10, 2021
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Podcast episode
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In this podcast episode, Lawrence Krauss reconnects with an old friend and Nobel Prize recipient, Barry Barish. They discuss a wide range of topics and explore Barry's own history as well as the history, present, and future of experimental physics. Barry Barish is an American experimental physicist and Nobel Laureate. He is a Linde Professor of Physics, emeritus at California Institute of Technology and a leading expert on gravitational waves. In 2017, Barish was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics along with Rainer Weiss and Kip Thorne "for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves". In 2018, he joined the faculty at University of California, Riverside, becoming the university's second Nobel Prize winner on the faculty. iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-origins-podcast/id1467481703 Website: https://www.originsprojectfoundation.org/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/OriginsProject Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/originsprojectfoundation/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OriginsProject/ The Origins Podcast, a production of The Origins Project Foundation, features in-depth conversations with some of the most interesting people in the world about the issues that impact all of us in the 21st century. Host, theoretical physicist, lecturer, and author, Lawrence M. Krauss, will be joined by guests from a wide range of fields, including science, the arts, and journalism. The topics discussed on The Origins Podcast reflect the full range of the human experience - exploring science and culture in a way that seeks to entertain, educate, and inspire. Get full access to Critical Mass at lawrencekrauss.substack.com/subscribe
Released:
Aug 10, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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