What It Means To Be Curious With Nobel Laureate Barry Barish

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May 17, 202300:46:49Science & Medicine

Nobel Laureate and physicist Barry Barish, professor at UC Riverside, reflects on his life in science, being curious, experiencing imposter syndrome, and working in the field of physics with Brian Keating, host of the "I...

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