928. A Day in the Life of a Theoretical Physicist

Discover Your Talent–Do What You Love

Don Hutcheson

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5 • 618 Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2020

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Professor Tom Banks grew up in Brooklyn NY and has lived in OR, MA, CA, NJ, GA and Israel. He was determined to be a theoretical physicist since high school and is a founding member of the New High Energy Theory Center at Rutgers, a Fellow of the American Physical Society and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He works in particle physics, cosmology, condensed matter physics and the attempt to quantize Einstein's theory of gravity. He's still active in research at the age of 71.

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0:00.0	Hello, world.
0:11.6	Welcome to discover your talent, do what you love.
0:14.7	I'm your host, Don Hutchison.
0:16.9	Every Tuesday, I interview someone from around the world who's discovered their talents to do work they love to create a life of success, satisfaction, and freedom.
0:27.1	On Fridays, I interview an individual with many years of experience from one of the most popular or interesting occupations or professions who shares an insider's look at what it's really like to do what they do.
0:39.6	Today I'm delighted to bring you our featured guest, Dr. Tom Banks, and our topic, A Day in the
0:45.6	Life, what's it really like to be a theoretical physicist? Welcome, Dr. Banks. Hi, Don. How are what
0:53.1	you doing? I am doing great.
0:55.1	Thank you so much.
0:56.3	Tom, are you using your talents doing work that you love?
0:59.4	Absolutely.
1:00.8	All righty.
1:01.6	Well, we're going to talk about that whole story.
1:04.3	Dr. Tom Banks grew up in Brooklyn, New York, and has lived in Oregon, Massachusetts,
1:09.8	California, New Jersey, Georgia, and Israel.
1:12.2	He was determined to be a theoretical physicist since high school and is a founding member of the
1:18.0	New High Energy Theory Center at Rutgers, a fellow of the American Physical Society, and a member
1:24.4	of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He works in particle physics, cosmology, condensed matter physics,
1:32.1	and the attempt to quantize Einstein's theory of gravity.
1:36.3	He's still active in research at the age of 71.
1:40.1	Well, as I said in our pre-interview chat, Tom,
1:42.5	we want to give our listeners just an overview of your profession based on your U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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