Listen "GW10 Barry Barish: Secrets, Strategy, and Spacetime"
Episode Synopsis
Hi Darling!For the final part of the GW10 series I sit down with the second Nobel Laureate physicist Barry Barish, the leader who guided LIGO to the first detection of gravitational waves.Barry invited me to his home in Santa Monica for my very first interview for the podcast, quite a way to start! We talk about his path from engineering student to particle-physics pioneer, the bold decisions that turned LIGO into a success, and what it was like to keep the 2015 discovery secret while the world waited.He also shares the excitement (and chaos) of winning the Nobel Prize and offers thoughtful advice on finding joy and purpose in a scientific career.
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