Brian Wecht: The Littlest Experiment
The Story Collider
Story Collider, Inc.
4.4 • 824 Ratings
🗓️ 13 July 2015
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
For physicist Brian Wecht, his new baby is the perfect opportunity--to do experiments. Brian Wecht studies theoretical particle physics and string theory and is the co-founder of The Story Collider. Additionally, he is half of the musical sketch duo Ninja Sex Party, in which he wears a ninja costume, remains silent, and plays the piano.
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| 0:00.0 | A science story, huh? |
| 0:04.0 | Is NYU scientist the... |
| 0:06.0 | It felt... |
| 0:07.0 | I felt... |
| 0:08.0 | I was so... |
| 0:09.0 | And I just thought, well... |
| 0:10.0 | It was that golden moment. |
| 0:12.0 | Because science was on my side. |
| 0:15.0 | ...theid... Hey everyone, I'm Ben Lilly, and welcome to the Story Collider, where we bring you true personal |
| 0:29.3 | stories about science. |
| 0:30.6 | Quick reminder events coming up in Portland, Maine, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and New York |
| 0:35.2 | City. |
| 0:36.2 | Go to storycladder.org for more info. |
| 0:38.3 | This week's story is from Brian Wecht. |
| 0:41.3 | It was recorded in May 2015 at Littlefield in Brooklyn. |
| 0:49.3 | About 20 months ago, my wife, Rachel, found out that she was pregnant. |
| 0:57.0 | Wait for applause. |
| 0:59.0 | Oh, thanks. That's the worst applause. But I appreciate it. |
| 1:05.0 | And we were super excited. We'd been wanting a baby for a while, and we were very excited to have one. |
| 1:13.2 | And I was particularly excited because having a baby meant that I would have something I could experiment on. |
| 1:21.0 | And when we were, you know, we were, of course, first-time parents very nervous about everything, |
| 1:25.9 | and we went out and we bought a bunch of books. |
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