Dr Brian Keating is a Chancellor's Distinguished Professor of physics at the Center for Astrophysics & Space Sciences (CASS) in the Department of Physics at the University of California, San Diego. He is a public speaker, inventor, and an expert in the study of the universe's oldest light, the cosmic microwave background (CMB), using it to learn about the origin and evolution of the universe. Keating is a writer and podcaster and the best-selling author of Losing the Nobel Prize.
In this episode, Ben and Brian discuss "losing the Nobel prize", how young scientists need to be wary of confirmation bias, the importance of science communication and why we should all look up at the stars!
What you will hear in this episode
Introduction to Dr Brian Keating
Losing the Nobel Prize
What the James Webb Space Telescope is telling us
The potential of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
The "Into the Impossible" podcast
Eric Weinstein and The Portal: Geometric Unity
Current areas of research, and what Brian would do with a "blank cheque"
What Ben would or should do to promote the podcast
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