Andrea Ghez
The Origins Podcast with Lawrence Krauss
Lawrence M. Krauss
4.4 • 592 Ratings
🗓️ 1 February 2021
⏱️ 105 minutes
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Summary
2020 Nobel Prize-winning physicist and astronomer Andrea Ghez joins Lawrence to discuss her life in science and the path that led her to the discovery of a supermassive compact object (black hole) at the center of our galaxy.
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| 0:00.0 | The Origins Podcast is now a part of the Origins Project Foundation. Please consider supporting the podcast and the foundation by going to www.orgensprojectfoundation.org. |
| 0:13.5 | Hello, and welcome to the Origins Podcast. I'm your host, Lawrence Krause. |
| 0:21.6 | In this episode, I got to have an incredibly exciting and interesting conversation with one of my favorite scientists, Dr. Andrea Gess. |
| 0:29.6 | For over 20 years, she and her colleagues spearheaded new technologies that allowed her to look and peer with telescopes deep into the center of our galaxy to discern the |
| 0:39.3 | existence of a supermassive black hole. And for that work, she was awarded part of the Nobel Prize in |
| 0:44.9 | Physics in 2020. She and I were able to connect together by Zoom in December, shortly after she actually |
| 0:52.0 | officially received the presentation of the prize, |
| 0:54.7 | which because of the pandemic wasn't done in Stockholm, but it was actually done, it turns out, |
| 0:58.6 | in a friend's backyard in Los Angeles. And it's a wonderful conversation because she's not |
| 1:03.6 | only incredibly affable, but it's clear that Andrea is a scientist that is interested |
| 1:08.9 | first and foremost in the science and is equally interested in explaining the science. |
| 1:13.6 | And also, actually, for viewers, I think you'll find it enjoyable because she and I got to work through some concepts that we hadn't yet really thought about how to explain, |
| 1:21.6 | and you can see the give and take as we came up with the correct explanation. |
| 1:26.6 | Altogether, I think it was one of the most fascinating |
| 1:28.8 | scientific episodes that we've recorded, and I'm sure you'll enjoy it. So with no further ado, |
| 1:34.6 | Dr. Andrea Gess. Andrea, thank you so much for coming on the program. I know it's a busy time for you, but it's |
| 1:51.8 | great to see you again. It really is. That's my pleasure, Lawrence. And I have to say, |
| 1:56.4 | I was telling you before, but I'll tell you again that I was watching the Nobel acceptance of the awards in different places around the world because of the pandemic. And yours was a favorite. You had such a wonderful smile. You were so happy. And it looked like it was in your garden. Was it in your garden? No, it wasn't. I was in a friend's backyard. I wish I had that backyard. Yeah, it was a beautiful backyard. I was saying, and was that your family around? |
| 2:17.6 | I loved the applause. |
| 2:19.1 | Was that your family? |
| 2:19.9 | Oh, that was so good. |
| 2:20.6 | My two boys, yeah. |
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