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Rainer Weiss

Into the Impossible With Brian Keating

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Think Like A Nobel Prize Winner

Barry Barish

Jim Al-Khalili

Brian Schmidt

John Mather

Brian Keating

Nobel Prizewinner

Jocelyn Bell Burnell

Steven Weinberg

Sheldon Glashow

Avi Loeb

Adam Riess

James Altucher

Noam Chomsky

Tom Bilyeu

Carl Jung

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Rai Weiss is a professor emeritus at MIT, where he also earned his undergraduate degree and PhD. He, along with Barry Barish and Kip Thorne, won the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics “for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves,” work that was completed with the rest of their team of more than a thousand scientists, engineers, technicians, and managers. He has won numerous awards for his pioneering work on both the COBE (NASA’s Cosmic Background Explorer) and LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) projects. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Physical Society, and many other professional societies.Weiss is a charming and consummate storyteller. His playful exuberance is incandescent. And I appreciate how forthright he is, as I think it is important to talk about the business of large projects and admit to the shortcomings rather than only discussing them with reverent worshipful praise. I admire that Weiss is relentlessly passionate even into his eighties. Just as a black hole shakes up space-time every few years, Weiss continues to pivot and switch direc- tion himself. It’s impossible not to think that this tendency has been responsible for his continued fertility of mind. He is a big-picture thinker that loves to keep things fresh by shaking himself out of complacency. Available on Amazon: Think Like a Nobel Prize Winner About Professor Brian Keating: https://www.youtube.com/drbriankeating Podcast in iTunes https://simonsobservatory.org/ https://briankeating.com/ https://bkeating.physics.ucsd.edu/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/drbriankeating/

Rai Weiss is a professor emeritus at MIT, where he also earned his undergraduate degree and PhD. He, along with Barry Barish and Kip Thorne, won the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics “for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves,” work that was completed with the rest of their team of more than a thousand scientists, engineers, technicians, and managers. He has won numerous awards for his pioneering work on both the COBE (NASA’s Cosmic Background Explorer) and LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) projects. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Physical Society, and many other professional societies.Weiss is a charming and consummate storyteller. His playful exuberance is incandescent. And I appreciate how forthright he is, as I think it is important to talk about the business of large projects and admit to the shortcomings rather than only discussing them with reverent worshipful praise. I admire that Weiss is relentlessly passionate even into his eighties. Just as a black hole shakes up space-time every few years, Weiss continues to pivot and switch direc- tion himself. It’s impossible not to think that this tendency has been responsible for his continued fertility of mind. He is a big-picture thinker that loves to keep things fresh by shaking himself out of complacency. Available on Amazon: <a href="https://amzn.to/2UPTxOI" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Think Like a Nobel Prize Winner </a>About Professor Brian Keating:<ul> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/drbriankeating" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/drbriankeating</a></li> <li><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/into-the-impossible-with-brian-keating/id1169885840" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podcast in iTunes</a></li> <li><a href="https://simonsobservatory.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://simonsobservatory.org/</a></li> <li><a href="https://briankeating.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://briankeating.com/</a></li> <li><a href="https://physics.ucsd.edu/fac_staff/fac_profile/faculty_description.php?person_id=514" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bkeating.physics.ucsd.edu/</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/drbriankeating/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/drbriankeating/</a></li></ul>

Rainer Weiss: The Tinkerer

MIT Physics Professor Emeritus Rainer Weiss won a 1/2 share of The Nobel Prize in Physics 2017 For his contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves. He was born in Berlin, where his father was a doctor and psychoanalyst and his mother an actress. His father was of Jewish descent, and the family fled Nazism to the United States.After schooling in New York, Weiss studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he received his doctor’s degree in 1962. After a couple of years at Tufts University and Princeton University, he returned to MIT, which he has been associated with ever since. Rainer Weiss is married and has a daughter and a son.Professor Weiss’ Nobel winning work come out of one consequence of Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity, the existence of gravitational waves. These are like ripples in a four-dimensional spacetime that occur when objects with mass accelerate. The effects are very small. Beginning in the 1970s the LIGO detector was developed. In this detector laser technology is used to measure small changes in length caused by gravitational waves. Rainer Weiss has made crucial contributions to the development of the detector. In 2015 gravitational waves were detected for the first time.00:00:00 Introduction 00:08:00 Concerns about Getting The Nobel Prize 00:12:55 Imposter Syndrome? You too!? 00:18:46 Theorists V Experimentalists pros and cons 00:23:22 Thoughts on STEM Pedagogy 00:27:21 Essential Skills: using your hands and the role of electronics surplus and music. 00:33:39 Dropping Out And Finding MIT and Atomic Clocks 00:35:52 Philosophy of Experimental Science 00:39:44 Thinkng about Einstein-What’s his most cited paper and why? 00:40:54 How do you know when to quit an experiment? 00:42:26 On LIGO and the art and science of detecting weak signals. 00:48:02 Did you have doubts about detecting gravitational waves? Thoughts on Eisntein’s original work on general relativity. 01:00:00 The nature of scientific collaborations (and rivalries). 01:21:00 The circular logic of singularity theory. 01:22:38 What if there was no big bang? 01:26:56 Why did your MIT Dean draw a huge zero? 01:28:10 Staying at MIT 01:30:34 What’s it like to work on “fringe” projects? 01:33:39 Can experiments get too big? 01:40:00 What would you do with your own billion year time capsule? 01:41:00 What advice would you give your younger self? Watch my most popular videos: Sheldon Glashow: https://youtu.be/a0_iaWgxQtA?sub_confirmation=1 Sir Roger Penrose, Nobel Prize winner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMuqyAvX7Wo?sub_confirmation=1 Frank Wilczek https://youtu.be/3z8RqKMQHe0?sub_confirmation=1 Eric Weinstein: https://youtu.be/YjsPb3kBGnk?sub_confirmation=1 Sir Roger Penrose https://youtu.be/H8G5onAqlVo?sub_confirmation=1 Juan Maldacena’s First Podcast Interview: https://youtu.be/uIzTliTHn7s?sub_confirmation=1 Jim Simons: https://youtu.be/6fr8XOtbPqM?sub_confirmation=1 Sara Seager Venus LIfe: https://youtu.be/QPsEDoOTU6k?sub_confirmation=1 Noam Chomsky: https://youtu.be/Iaz6JIxDh6Y?sub_confirmation=1 Sabine Hossenfelder: https://youtu.be/V6dMM2-X6nk?sub_confirmation=1 Sarah Scoles: https://youtu.be/apVKobWigMw Stephen Wolfram: https://youtu.be/nSAemRxzmXM ‍♂️ Find me on Twitter at https://twitter.com/DrBrianKeating Find me on Instagram at https://instagram.com/DrBrianKeating Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

MIT Physics Professor Emeritus Rainer Weiss won a 1/2 share of The Nobel Prize in Physics 2017 For his contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves. He was born in Berlin, where his father was a doctor and psychoanalyst and his mother an actress. His father was of Jewish descent, and the family fled Nazism to the United States.After schooling in New York, Weiss studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he received his doctor’s degree in 1962. After a couple of years at Tufts University and Princeton University, he returned to MIT, which he has been associated with ever since. Rainer Weiss is married and has a daughter and a son.Professor Weiss’ Nobel winning work come out of one consequence of Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity, the existence of gravitational waves. These are like ripples in a four-dimensional spacetime that occur when objects with mass accelerate. The effects are very small. Beginning in the 1970s the LIGO detector was developed. In this detector laser technology is used to measure small changes in length caused by gravitational waves. Rainer Weiss has made crucial contributions to the development of the detector. In 2015 gravitational waves were detected for the first time.00:00:00 Introduction<ul> <li>00:08:00 Concerns about Getting The Nobel Prize</li> <li>00:12:55 Imposter Syndrome? You too!?</li> <li>00:18:46 Theorists V Experimentalists pros and cons</li> <li>00:23:22 Thoughts on STEM Pedagogy</li> <li>00:27:21 Essential Skills: using your hands and the role of electronics surplus and music.</li> <li>00:33:39 Dropping Out And Finding MIT and Atomic Clocks</li> <li>00:35:52 Philosophy of Experimental Science</li> <li>00:39:44 Thinkng about Einstein-What’s his most cited paper and why?</li> <li>00:40:54 How do you know when to quit an experiment?</li> <li>00:42:26 On LIGO and the art and science of detecting weak signals.</li> <li>00:48:02 Did you have doubts about detecting gravitational waves? Thoughts on Eisntein’s original work on general relativity.</li> <li>01:00:00 The nature of scientific collaborations (and rivalries).</li> <li>01:21:00 The circular logic of singularity theory. 01:22:38 What if there was no big bang?</li> <li>01:26:56 Why did your MIT Dean draw a huge zero?</li> <li>01:28:10 Staying at MIT 01:30:34 What’s it like to work on “fringe” projects?</li> <li>01:33:39 Can experiments get too big?</li> <li>01:40:00 What would you do with your own billion year time capsule?</li> <li>01:41:00 What advice would you give your younger self?</li> </ul>Watch my most popular videos: Sheldon Glashow: <a href="https://youtu.be/a0_iaWgxQtA?sub_confirmation=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/a0_iaWgxQtA?sub_confirmation=1</a> Sir Roger Penrose, Nobel Prize winner: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMuqyAvX7Wo?sub_confirmation=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMuqyAvX7Wo?sub_confirmation=1</a> Frank Wilczek <a href="https://youtu.be/3z8RqKMQHe0?sub_confirmation=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/3z8RqKMQHe0?sub_confirmation=1</a> Eric Weinstein: <a href="https://youtu.be/YjsPb3kBGnk?sub_confirmation=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/YjsPb3kBGnk?sub_confirmation=1</a> Sir Roger Penrose <a href="https://youtu.be/H8G5onAqlVo?sub_confirmation=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/H8G5onAqlVo?sub_confirmation=1</a> Juan Maldacena’s First Podcast Interview: <a href="https://youtu.be/uIzTliTHn7s?sub_confirmation=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/uIzTliTHn7s?sub_confirmation=1</a> Jim Simons: <a href="https://youtu.be/6fr8XOtbPqM?sub_confirmation=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/6fr8XOtbPqM?sub_confirmation=1</a> Sara Seager Venus LIfe: <a href="https://youtu.be/QPsEDoOTU6k?sub_confirmation=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/QPsEDoOTU6k?sub_confirmation=1</a> Noam Chomsky: <a href="https://youtu.be/Iaz6JIxDh6Y?sub_confirmation=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/Iaz6JIxDh6Y?sub_confirmation=1</a> Sabine Hossenfelder: <a href="https://youtu.be/V6dMM2-X6nk?sub_confirmation=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/V6dMM2-X6nk?sub_confirmation=1</a> Sarah Scoles: <a href="https://youtu.be/apVKobWigMw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/apVKobWigMw</a> Stephen Wolfram: <a href="https://youtu.be/nSAemRxzmXM" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/nSAemRxzmXM</a> ‍♂️ Find me on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/DrBrianKeating" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/DrBrianKeating</a> Find me on Instagram at <a href="https://instagram.com/DrBrianKeating" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://instagram.com/DrBrianKeating</a> Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

105: Nobel Prize Winner Rainer Weiss: Feeling Spacetime Shudder: Black Holes, Gravitational Waves and Nobel Prizes!

Dr. Rainer Weiss is a Nobel Prize winning physicist for his conception of the LIGO project. Through LIGO, a gravitational wave was observed for the first time in history. He shares stories and advice for students who are interested in entering the sciences.

Becoming a Scientist (with Dr. Rainer Weiss)