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Episode One: Professor Sir Richard Friend

Episode One: Professor Sir Richard Friend

FromThe Galileo Interviews with Caspar Gleave


Episode One: Professor Sir Richard Friend

FromThe Galileo Interviews with Caspar Gleave

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Length:
29 minutes
Released:
Dec 29, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

A Conversation with Professor Sir Richard Friend, Cavendish Professor of Physics at the University of Cambridge.  
0:00 Introduction 
00:56 What moment of innovation was the most memorable? 
03:54 What drew you to this particular branch of physics? 
06:49 How do you go about trying to solve problems? 
09:23 How much of your work is looking at experiments compared to theoretical work? 
10:54 What’s the biggest problem you are working on at the moment?  
15:56 What do you think is the maximum efficiency we could reach using silicon solar cells?  
16:53 How much is your day to day research tied into your companies? 
17:51 Is Solar technology the most exciting thing you’ve worked on?  
19:17 Is it surprising to you that we are able to model our universe so well using mathematical and scientific techniques? 
21:05 Which idea in the history of science do you think was the most revolutionary?  
24:13 What one physics question would you like answered about the universe?  
25:26 Would it be useful to understand more about conscientiousness for physics? 
26:18 What one piece of advice would you give to those looking for a career in physics?
Links: Professor Sir Richard Friend FRS, FREng
https://www.phy.cam.ac.uk/directory/friendr
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Friend

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Released:
Dec 29, 2021
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Titles in the series (11)

The Galileo Interviews are committed to inspiring our next generation of physicists, introducing them to some of the greatest minds in the current generation of physicists and the research that they are working on. Launched in Oct 2021 by Caspar, currently taking a gap year before joining Imperial College in London. The full interviews are also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheGalileoInterviews Links: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thegalileointerviews https://twitter.com/TheGalileoInt https://www.instagram.com/thegalileointerviews/