XPC #7: From Nazis to Nobel Prize: Rai Weiss, How to get $1 billion dollars to Study Space and Time

Author: Loyd Waites and Bobby Johnston
Published: Thu 16 Dec 2021
Episode Link: https://xapiens-at-mit.captivate.fm/episode/xpc-7-from-nazis-to-nobel-prize-rai-weiss-how-to-get-1-billion-dollars-to-study-space-and-time

The Xapiens Podcast (XPC) Episode 7:

After fleeing the Nazis with his family as a child, Rai Weiss went on to fix radios outside of Harlem. He went to MIT, later flunking out after a rough love story, before returning, completing his PhD, and becoming a full professor and Winning a Nobel Prize.

Join Xapiens Co-Director Loyd Waites in a discussion with Nobel Prize Winner Rai Weiss, the man who discovered gravitational waves using LIGO. More info on him here:

https://physics.mit.edu/faculty/raine...

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