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Title & Link
Interview with Rainer Weiss (2017 Physics Nobel Prize Laureate) - YouTube
Publish Date
February 22, 2022
Interviewees
Rainer Weiss
Interviewers
Luís C. B. Crispino
Publisher
Interviews / Entrevistas UFPA
Topics
Atomic clocks and Einstein's theory of relativity
Choice for science and technology
Cosmic Background Radiation
Detecting gravitational waves with laser interferometry
Early Education
Family, childhood, and youth
Graduate studies & associate professorship at Tufts University
Gravitational waves
Investigations on cosmic background radiation - COBE
PHD thesis at MIT
Precision experiments
Teaching General Relativity course at MIT
University studies (MIT)
People Mentioned
Barry Clark Barish
Joseph Webber
Kip Stephen Thorne
Robert Dicke
Works Mentioned
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Places Mentioned
California Institute of Technology
LIGO
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Nazi Germany
New York City, USA
Princeton
University of Maryland Libraries
USA
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