Eugene Lim: Colliding Universes
The Story Collider
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4.4 • 824 Ratings
🗓️ 25 July 2014
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
Cosmologist Eugene Lim is pulled into another world when he goes to help teach after the earthquake in Haiti. One day, Eugene Lim decided to dump his Mech Eng. degree to do physics for a living. So he went and obtained a PhD in astronomy at the University of Chicago, advised by someone who does not have a degree in physics. He is currently at Kings College, London.
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| 0:00.0 | A science story, huh? |
| 0:04.0 | Is NYU scientist the... |
| 0:06.0 | I felt it. |
| 0:07.0 | I felt right. |
| 0:08.0 | And I just thought, well... |
| 0:10.0 | It was that golden moment. |
| 0:13.0 | Because science was on my side. |
| 0:15.0 | Hey, everyone. Hey everyone, I'm Ben Lilly, and welcome to the Story Collider, where we bring you true personal stories about science. |
| 0:30.3 | We have upcoming shows July 31st in San Carlos, California, and August 13th in New York. |
| 0:36.3 | This week's stories from Eugene Lim. |
| 0:38.5 | The story was recorded in June 2014 at the Book Club in London. |
| 0:48.8 | So, okay, so when I was young and I was growing up in a country called Malaysia, |
| 0:54.0 | anybody in the |
| 0:54.4 | nowhere, places? |
| 0:55.2 | Well, she knows. |
| 0:55.7 | She's from Malaysia. |
| 0:57.3 | And there are two things I want to do when I grow up. |
| 0:59.9 | And one is to become a scientist, you know, discover the secrets of universe. |
| 1:05.5 | Now, how cool is that? |
| 1:06.9 | And the other thing I would like to do was to become a doctor and go to some crazy country in Africa after disaster and go safe lives. |
| 1:15.6 | So there are two things, you know, hero complex thing. |
| 1:17.6 | And as it turns out, I happen to be a wimp and I can't stand the side of blood. |
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