Barry Barish is a theoretical physicist at Caltech and the winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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0:00 – Introduction
1:08 – Early math and physics questions
10:42 – Enrico Fermi
17:14 – Birth of the Nuclear Age
22:22 – The Fermi Paradox
27:26 – Gravity
44:08 – Philosophical implications of general relativity
51:14 – Detecting gravitational waves
54:28 – LIGO
1:27:25 – Nobel Prize
1:42:14 – Black holes
1:54:34 – Space exploration
2:02:28 – Books
2:11:17 – Advice for young people
2:17:13 – Meaning of life
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