David Kipping: Falling To Other Worlds
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4.4 • 824 Ratings
🗓️ 19 May 2015
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
A near-fatal accident on a mountain leads exoplanet hunter David Kipping to a new goal. David Kipping is an astronomer based at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA), where he researches extrasolar planets and moons. He is currently fulfilling a Donald Menzel Fellowship at the CfA with the Harvard College Observatory. He is best described as a "modeler," combining novel theoretical modeling with modern statistical data analysis techniques applied to observations. This story was produced as part of the Springer Storytellers series. Hear and read more at http://www.beforetheabstract.com/
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| 0:00.0 | Twas the night before Christmas when all through our home, friends were waiting for drinks at the party we'd thrown. |
| 0:07.2 | With an espresso martini mixer from Fever Tree, all you need to add is the vodka, you see. |
| 0:14.2 | Five espresso martinis ready in a second. A Christmas miracle, everybody reckoned. |
| 0:23.9 | So this holiday season mix with the best, |
| 0:29.7 | with fever tree cocktails for you and your guests. Please enjoy responsibly. |
| 0:33.5 | A science story, huh? |
| 0:36.7 | Is that all your science is the... I felt... |
| 0:37.5 | I was so... |
| 0:38.7 | And I just thought, well... |
| 0:39.7 | It was that golden moment. |
| 0:42.9 | Because science was on my side. |
| 0:54.1 | Hey, everyone. I'm Ben Lilly. And welcome to the Story Glider, where we bring you true personal stories about science. |
| 1:00.2 | This week's story is from David Kipping. |
| 1:01.9 | It was recorded in January 2015 at Town Hall in Seattle, Washington as part of the Springer Storytellers series. |
| 1:14.6 | I... as part of the Springer Storytellers series. So I thought I'd share with you today a story about something which really affects my scientific philosophy every day, |
| 1:21.0 | but it might appear a bit left field when I first talk about it. |
| 1:24.4 | So this is a story which starts about eight years ago. |
| 1:27.2 | It was a time when I just |
| 1:28.4 | finished my undergraduate degree in physics at Cambridge, and I was about to start a PhD in astronomy. |
| 1:34.8 | But honestly, I felt quite adrift at this time, because when you're an undergraduate, you always |
| 1:38.7 | have an exam to study for, an assignment to hand in, and you have this incredible focus during four years. |
| 1:45.0 | You always know where you're going. |
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