Dr. Brian Keating

And it's also kind of a play on words because the pattern of microwave polarization, which we can talk about, was a twisting, curling pattern. So I made the pun, like curl like you do bicep, the muscle behind curls. Anyway, it's not that funny. And they ended up trying to change the acronym, which pissed me off. But anyway, the tragic thing is that we built this experiment.

We upgraded this experiment. It's very hard to get money to build it. I got money from David Baltimore, who's the president of Caltech.

We upgraded this experiment. It's very hard to get money to build it. I got money from David Baltimore, who's the president of Caltech.

We upgraded this experiment. It's very hard to get money to build it. I got money from David Baltimore, who's the president of Caltech.

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He gave me a special grant, just presidential. It's called Caltech President's Fund. He gave it to me and my postdoc advisor, Andrew Lang, this incredible scientist. He was married to Francis Arnold, who won the Nobel Prize in 2018. in chemistry, renowned scientist as well. And they were just a power couple. And he invited me to give a talk and I gave a job talk. He hired me on the spot.

He gave me a special grant, just presidential. It's called Caltech President's Fund. He gave it to me and my postdoc advisor, Andrew Lang, this incredible scientist. He was married to Francis Arnold, who won the Nobel Prize in 2018. in chemistry, renowned scientist as well. And they were just a power couple. And he invited me to give a talk and I gave a job talk. He hired me on the spot.

He gave me a special grant, just presidential. It's called Caltech President's Fund. He gave it to me and my postdoc advisor, Andrew Lang, this incredible scientist. He was married to Francis Arnold, who won the Nobel Prize in 2018. in chemistry, renowned scientist as well. And they were just a power couple. And he invited me to give a talk and I gave a job talk. He hired me on the spot.

I couldn't help myself from saying yes before he finished this. I was miserable at Stanford, by the way. It was 1999, 2000, dot-com boom. I was making $32,000 a year living on Alma Street. The Caltrains were running every 17 minutes. I know because I was awake from 5 a.m. I couldn't sleep more than four or five hours. And I just said yes, moved down to Caltech.

I couldn't help myself from saying yes before he finished this. I was miserable at Stanford, by the way. It was 1999, 2000, dot-com boom. I was making $32,000 a year living on Alma Street. The Caltrains were running every 17 minutes. I know because I was awake from 5 a.m. I couldn't sleep more than four or five hours. And I just said yes, moved down to Caltech.

I couldn't help myself from saying yes before he finished this. I was miserable at Stanford, by the way. It was 1999, 2000, dot-com boom. I was making $32,000 a year living on Alma Street. The Caltrains were running every 17 minutes. I know because I was awake from 5 a.m. I couldn't sleep more than four or five hours. And I just said yes, moved down to Caltech.

And because of that, I convinced him and my colleague, Jamie Bach, who's currently a professor, to build this telescope and put it at the South Pole in Antarctica. And that was the only place we could do it. And the only university that would fund it was this gift from David Baltimore's presidential fund. So these confluence of events.

And because of that, I convinced him and my colleague, Jamie Bach, who's currently a professor, to build this telescope and put it at the South Pole in Antarctica. And that was the only place we could do it. And the only university that would fund it was this gift from David Baltimore's presidential fund. So these confluence of events.

And because of that, I convinced him and my colleague, Jamie Bach, who's currently a professor, to build this telescope and put it at the South Pole in Antarctica. And that was the only place we could do it. And the only university that would fund it was this gift from David Baltimore's presidential fund. So these confluence of events.

And by the way, then because I got this job and because I built this telescope with my colleagues, I got the job at UCSD, which then enabled me to

And by the way, then because I got this job and because I built this telescope with my colleagues, I got the job at UCSD, which then enabled me to

And by the way, then because I got this job and because I built this telescope with my colleagues, I got the job at UCSD, which then enabled me to

The initial one was a million dollars to build the first version.