What Happened AFTER the Big Bang? Bruce Partridge (#375)

Into the Impossible With Brian Keating

Brian Keating

Science, Physics, Natural Sciences

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🗓️ 8 December 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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What happened after the Big Bang? To answer this question, I invited a true pioneer in the field of cosmic microwave background, Bruce Partridge! Bruce Partridge is an emeritus professor of astronomy in the science department at Haverford College. He has served as an Education Officer of the American Astronomical Society, president of the Commission on Cosmology, International Astronomical Union, and President of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. His research interests lie in the intersection of cosmology and radio astronomy, and he spent most of his career researching the cosmic microwave background. Join us as we embark on a captivating journey into the early Universe! Key Takeaways: Intro (00:00) Judging a book by its cover (01:27) Coupling together theory and experiment (04:18) The discovery of the coming microwave background (07:23) Patience and perseverance in scientific research (15:01) Nerve gas and rabbits in Arizona (18:27) Why we need to listen to theorists (21:05) Inflation and the dominance of a theoretical paradigm (24:59) The Big Bang, CMB, and the lithium abundance problem (33:33) Bruce's philosophy of pedagogy (47:40) Outro (52:48) — Additional resources: 📢 Ownership of your health starts with AG1. Try AG1 and get a FREE 1-year supply of Vitamin D3K2 and 5 FREE AG1 Travel Packs with your first purchase 👉 https://drinkag1.com/impossible ➡️ Learn more about Bruce Partridge: https://www.haverford.edu/users/bpartrid ➡️ Follow me on your favorite platforms: ✖️ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrBrianKeating 🔔 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/DrBrianKeating?sub_confirmation=1 📝 Join my mailing list: https://briankeating.com/mailing_list ✍️ Check out my blog: https://briankeating.com/blog.php 🎙️ Follow my podcast: https://briankeating.com/podcast — Into the Impossible with Brian Keating is a podcast dedicated to all those who want to explore the universe within and beyond the known. Make sure to follow so you never miss an episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Bruce Partridge, Emeritus Professor of Astronomy in the Science Department at Havford College is a true pioneer and a hero in the study of the cosmic my great background.
0:09.2	He's one of the OGs. He was involved in the first measurements of the CMB spectrum to confirm its true cosmic origin.
0:16.5	That result decimated the steady state theory.
0:19.4	He was also one of the first scientists to look for the small scale temperature fluctuations, which provided us with detailed insights into the distribution of matter in the early universe.
0:28.5	He's made major contributions in both theory and experiment, helping us understand the Cosmos, turning cosmology into a precision science.
0:36.5	Join us for an exciting episode as we explore the early universe. years. technology is indistinguishable from magic.
0:55.0	Open the pod bay doors now.
0:57.0	Welcome everybody to another exciting episode of the Into the
1:00.2	Impossible podcast featuring a friend, a colleague, a collaborator, and most importantly,
1:07.7	a mentor in the space of education of my field, cosmologistologist generations of them and that's Bruce Partridge
1:16.1	who's an emeritus professor at Haverford College in Pennsylvania how are you
1:20.6	today Bruce doing well you're here to you? Yes, it's even at you. Yes the
1:28.4	Internet is quite is quite amazing allows us to do these things and I am talking to Bruce because of many things first of all he's an incredible scientist and amazing
1:39.2	Knowledge about the field it's it's past, and maybe even its future, having been involved with some of the greatest
1:46.5	experiments of all time, including perhaps one of the first or second experiments to really go after the detection of the
1:54.1	CMB and its properties and Bruce was involved with with my grand advisors so my
2:01.1	grand advisor was David Wilkinson and he advised Peter Timby and I'm still a
2:06.5	Peter Timby is soon to be hopefully collaborating closely with us in the
2:10.2	Simon's projects as well. So as I talked to you earlier in the week,
2:14.0	we always love to do a segment on this podcast
2:17.2	that represents something you're not allowed to do.
2:20.3	You're not supposed to do, which is to judge a book
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