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#213 – Barry Barish: Gravitational Waves and the Most Precise Device Ever Built
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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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() – Introduction
() – Early Math and Physics questions
() – Enrico Fermi
() – Birth of the Nuclear Age
() – The Fermi Paradox
() – Gravity
() – Philosophical Implications of General Relativity
() – Detecting Gravitational Waves
() – LIGO
() – Nobel Prize
() – Black Holes
() – Space Exploration
() – Books
() – Advice for young people
() – Meaning of life
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