Inflation, B Modes and Losing the Nobel Prize | Brian Keating on the Cool Worlds Podcast

Into the Impossible With Brian Keating

Brian Keating

Science, Physics, Natural Sciences

4.7 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2025

⏱️ 117 minutes

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Join Prof. Brian Keating as he delves into a thought-provoking conversation with Prof. David Kipping about the fascinating world of cosmology, focusing on inflation, B-modes, and the thrilling quest for the Nobel Prize. Explore the highs and lows of scientific discovery, the allure of the multiverse, and the ethical intricacies behind groundbreaking research, all while examining how human ambition and curiosity drive the relentless pursuit of knowledge. Don't miss this compelling exploration of cosmic mysteries and the dynamic challenges that scientists face in their quest for truth! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.1	Welcome one and all to the Cool World's podcast with me or host, David Kipping.
0:35.1	This week I am joined by Brian Keating, who is a professor of astronomy
0:38.8	at UC San Diego, and also a popular author. He wrote the Losing the Nobel Popular Science
0:44.9	book, and also most recently the Into the Impossible book, which of course, maybe that name sounds
0:50.0	familiar because it's named after his podcast, the Into the Impossible podcast, which I was on fairly
0:55.0	recently, and so we're kind of returning the favor of him appearing on the Cool World's podcast.
0:59.7	Actually, he's probably a familiar face and a name to some of you because he's been on so many great,
1:04.6	wonderful podcasts. He's been on, let's see, Andrew Huberman just last week, I think he was on there. He's been on Jordan Peterson. He's done,
1:12.5	of course, Joe Rogan, Lex Friedman, all of these big ones. And so now he's finally made it to the
1:17.2	pinnacle of the podcasting world, the big, you know, the elusive moose that he hasn't been able to hit
1:22.8	yet. He is here. He's finally reached the peak and he's on the Cool Awards podcast this week. So very
1:28.4	grateful to have his time. And of course, as you might guess from his experience, he's a wonderful
1:32.6	conversationalist, but also has a really interesting story to tell. In the Losing the Nobel book,
1:38.1	which we get into during this conversation, he tells the story that has really been a career
1:43.0	defining moment for him, I think, of being involved in this mission, this program that was attempting to discover something that would have really been a guaranteed Nobel Prize had they seen it.
1:52.9	It's something called a B mode. We'll explain it in the podcast what that is.
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