Paul Sutter – How To Die In Space (#096)

Into the Impossible With Brian Keating

Brian Keating

Physics, Natural Sciences, Science

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🗓️ 20 November 2020

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Paul M. Sutter is a research professor in astrophysics at the Institute for Advanced Computational Science at Stony Brook University and a guest researcher at the Flatiron Institute in New York City. Paul earned his PhD in physics in 2011 as a Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellow at the University of Illinois. He then spent three years at the Paris Institute for Astrophysics followed by two years as a research fellow at the Trieste Observatory in Italy. Prior to his current appointment, he served as the chief scientist at the Center of Science and Industry in Columbus, Ohio while maintaining a cosmological researcher position at the Ohio State University. Paul’s areas of research include studying the largest empty regions in the universe, mapping the leftover light from the big bang, and developing new techniques for finding the first stars to appear in the cosmos. He has authored over 60 academic papers and given over 100 seminars, colloquia, and conference talks at institutions around the world. A prolific and globally known science communicator, Paul is the author of two books, Your Place in the Universe: Understanding Our Big, Messy Existence and How to Die in Space: A Journey through Dangerous Astrophysical Phenomena. He writes for Space.com, Universe Today, LiveScience, and more, with his articles syndicating to news outlets worldwide. Paul hosts a variety of science shows across all platforms, including as a contributor to How the Universe Works on Science Channel and host of Space Out on Discovery. He also writes and hosts his own shows, including his hit Ask a Spaceman podcast, which is one of the top podcasts across all subjects globally, and his weekly live show Space Radio. Brian Keating’s most popular Youtube Videos: Eric Weinstein: https://youtu.be/YjsPb3kBGnk?sub_confirmation=1 Jim Simons: https://youtu.be/6fr8XOtbPqM?sub_confirmation=1 Noam Chomsky: https://youtu.be/Iaz6JIxDh6Y?sub_confirmation=1 Sabine Hossenfelder: https://youtu.be/V6dMM2-X6nk?sub_confirmation=1 Sarah Scoles: https://youtu.be/apVKobWigMw Stephen Wolfram: https://youtu.be/nSAemRxzmXM Host Brian Keating: ‍♂️ Twitter at https://twitter.com/DrBrianKeating Instagram at https://instagram.com/DrBrianKeating Buy my book LOSING THE NOBEL PRIZE: http://amzn.to/2sa5UpA Subscribe for more great content https://www.youtube.com/DrBrianKeating?sub_confirmation=1 ✍️Detailed Blog posts here: https://briankeating.com/blog.php Join my Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello everybody and welcome to this episode of Into the Impossible podcast.
0:05.2	Today's guest is Professor Paul Sutter who is an amazing highly passionate, hilarious, energetic,
0:11.6	effervescent astronomer who has really turned most of his intellectual
0:15.9	endeavors to the realm of public science communication. He's involved with any winning productions and media, dance troops, but he's a hardcore scientist too, and I learned a lot from him. I agree with him on a lot of things. I found it fascinating to hear his perspective on whether or not
0:34.1	scientists should basically be forced to learn how to communicate as we learn how to
0:39.3	communicate or learn about quantum mechanics. Should we not have an obligation to bring our research,
0:46.0	our findings, our passion to the general public
0:48.5	because you guys pay our salary.
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1:13.6	So the more we can do that, the more great guests we can get.
1:16.2	Stay tuned for coming future great guests,
1:18.6	including Nobel Prize winners and losers
1:21.0	and all sorts of fun things coming up including a live
1:24.4	stargazing party with Adam Reese, Nobel Laureate, Wendy Friedman and others on
1:30.5	November 10th, 2020.
1:32.8	And if you're listening to this in the future,
1:34.7	and the world has not been destroyed,
1:36.4	the universe has not come to an end,
1:38.1	as documented the many different ways
1:40.6	it can be documented in this book by Paul Sutter, today's guest,
1:44.0	How to Die in Space.
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