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Modern WisdomFeb 11, 2019

#051 - Dr Brian Keating - Losing The Nobel Prize

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Brian Keating is a Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the Centre for Astrophysics & Space Sciences at University of California. How would it feel to almost receive the Nobel Prize and have it torn from your grasp? Today we're going to find out, albeit at Professor Keating's expense. Expect to learn what it takes to build a telescope that can detect the farthest regions of space in the Antarctic, what the Nobel Prize originally set out to achieve and how the politics of the physics community can often get in the way of progress. Extra Stuff: Brian's Website - https://briankeating.com/ Losing The Nobel Prize - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Losing-Nobel-Prize-Cosmology-Ambition/dp/1324000910/ Check out everything I recommend from books to products and help support the podcast at no extra cost to you by shopping through this link - https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/modernwisdom - Get in touch. Join the discussion with me and other like minded listeners in the episode comments on the MW YouTube Channel or message me... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ModernWisdomPodcast Email: https://www.chriswillx.com/contact
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Indexed context: it's really kind of like um the dirty laundry or confidential you know kind of uh tell all about what it's like to be a professional scientist in this current era
The host discusses the challenges faced by modern scientists, particularly the tension between scientific integrity and the pursuit of fame and fortune. This leads to a mention of 'Losing the Nobel Prize,' which explores the personal experiences of a cosmologist navigating these issues in the contemporary scientific landscape.
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