Dr. Brian Keating
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Podcast Appearances
So imagine like building the Large Hadron Collider or SLAC or something like that and then not using it, just like using it to like measure – I think SLAC is sitting empty, right?
So imagine like building the Large Hadron Collider or SLAC or something like that and then not using it, just like using it to like measure – I think SLAC is sitting empty, right?
So imagine like building the Large Hadron Collider or SLAC or something like that and then not using it, just like using it to like measure – I think SLAC is sitting empty, right?
People do that with their cameras. Sure. They geek out. Right. Everyone's got their thing. Yep.
People do that with their cameras. Sure. They geek out. Right. Everyone's got their thing. Yep.
People do that with their cameras. Sure. They geek out. Right. Everyone's got their thing. Yep.
I think it's a lot. I mean, my childhood was pretty tumultuous. I think you and I have a lot of things in common, both fathers, scientists and physics and math in my case, very hard driving, very hard to live up to their shadows that they cast, for example, at least in my case. And you seem to have just a beautiful relationship with your dad now, but I'm sure it wasn't always like that.
I think it's a lot. I mean, my childhood was pretty tumultuous. I think you and I have a lot of things in common, both fathers, scientists and physics and math in my case, very hard driving, very hard to live up to their shadows that they cast, for example, at least in my case. And you seem to have just a beautiful relationship with your dad now, but I'm sure it wasn't always like that.
I think it's a lot. I mean, my childhood was pretty tumultuous. I think you and I have a lot of things in common, both fathers, scientists and physics and math in my case, very hard driving, very hard to live up to their shadows that they cast, for example, at least in my case. And you seem to have just a beautiful relationship with your dad now, but I'm sure it wasn't always like that.
In fact, you talked about that.
In fact, you talked about that.
In fact, you talked about that.
Yeah. And that episode they texted you is a real gift, not only for all of us who got to witness it, but also for grandchildren, him, his legacy, and so forth. and even your dad's wife and your mom. But the point is, yes, it transported me.
Yeah. And that episode they texted you is a real gift, not only for all of us who got to witness it, but also for grandchildren, him, his legacy, and so forth. and even your dad's wife and your mom. But the point is, yes, it transported me.
Yeah. And that episode they texted you is a real gift, not only for all of us who got to witness it, but also for grandchildren, him, his legacy, and so forth. and even your dad's wife and your mom. But the point is, yes, it transported me.
I was living through, after the divorce of my parents, I lived with my stepfather who had adopted us, changed our names, moved to different, we were changing schools every couple of years. And that discovery of the moon next to Jupiter, it was sort of like solving a puzzle. There's a famous saying by Albert Michelson. It was the first Nobel Prize winner in American history. Trevor Burrus, Jr.
I was living through, after the divorce of my parents, I lived with my stepfather who had adopted us, changed our names, moved to different, we were changing schools every couple of years. And that discovery of the moon next to Jupiter, it was sort of like solving a puzzle. There's a famous saying by Albert Michelson. It was the first Nobel Prize winner in American history. Trevor Burrus, Jr.
I was living through, after the divorce of my parents, I lived with my stepfather who had adopted us, changed our names, moved to different, we were changing schools every couple of years. And that discovery of the moon next to Jupiter, it was sort of like solving a puzzle. There's a famous saying by Albert Michelson. It was the first Nobel Prize winner in American history. Trevor Burrus, Jr.
: For what? Peter Van Doren, Jr. : Physics, sorry. Michelson, Morley, he proved in some sense that the Earth is not moving through the ether. That was hypothesized by luminaries beforehand. But the point was when a child solves a puzzle, like you would think, well, like an adult, you solve a Rubik's Cube. Okay, I did it once. I don't have to do it again. But like my son will keep doing it.
: For what? Peter Van Doren, Jr. : Physics, sorry. Michelson, Morley, he proved in some sense that the Earth is not moving through the ether. That was hypothesized by luminaries beforehand. But the point was when a child solves a puzzle, like you would think, well, like an adult, you solve a Rubik's Cube. Okay, I did it once. I don't have to do it again. But like my son will keep doing it.