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A typical question I am often asked as a Nobel Laureate in physics is “what brought you to physics?” I am not sure but I do know that in school in geography when looking at the presentations of the planets orbiting around the sun I asked myself: “What is the reason for this strange behavior?”…

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Interview, December 2017 https://youtu.be/l9-iPfRb9TI Interview with Physics Laureate Barry C. Barish on 6 December 2017 during the Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. Barry C. Barish answers the following questions (the links below lead to clip on YouTube): – How did you become interested in Physics? – Who has inspired you? – How important is mentoring?…

Interview, December 2017 https://youtu.be/CVovLIjOsL4 Interview with the 2017 Nobel Laureate in Physics Kip S. Thorne on 6 December 2017 during the Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. Kip S. Thorne answers the following questions (the links below lead to clip on YouTube): – Why did you decide to become a physicist? – What do you enjoy…

Interview, December 2017 https://youtu.be/qUAB3Zn4bK0 Interview with Physics Laureate Rainer Weiss on 6 December 2017 during the Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. Rainer Weiss answers the following questions (the links below lead to clip on YouTube): – What do you enjoy about science? – How did you become interested in science? – What advice would you…

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If you’re reading this online, and if you have just been surveying portraits of the new Nobel Laureates, then it’s safe to say that you’re benefitting directly from the two achievements rewarded with the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics. The optical fibers along which this Speed read is travelling, and the digital imaging which underlies…