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Barry Barish: Gravitational Waves and the Most Precise Device Ever Built | Lex Fridman Podcast #213

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Barry Barish: Gravitational Waves and the Most Precise Device Ever Built | Lex Fridman Podcast #213
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2021Aug 23
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: EPISODE LINKS: Barry's Nobel Prize entry: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/phy... Barry's Caltech profile: https://pma.caltech.edu/people/barry-... LIGO's Website: https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/ LIGO's Twitter:   / ligo   PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ Full episodes playlist:    • Lex Fridman Podcast   Clips playlist:    • Lex Fridman Podcast Clips   OUTLINE: 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 SOCIAL:
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