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Back to Search#5 Kathryn Johnston - The Milky Way, Dark Matter vs MOND, Gaia
Episode 5
In this week's episode, David is joined by Kathryn Johnston. Prof Johnston is a Professor of Astronomy at Columbia University and the Dynamics Group Leader at the Flatiron Institute. Kathryn is a wor…
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago
#4 Hod Lipson - Automated Physics Discovery, ChatGPT, Future of AI
Episode 4
In this week's episode, David is joined by Hod Lipson. Prof Lipson is the Director of the Creative Machine Lab at Columbia University and is a leading researcher in the field of artificial intelligen…
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago
#3 Chiara Mingarelli - NANOGrav, Background Gravitational Waves, Black Holes
Episode 3
In this week's episode, David is joined by Chiara Mingarelli. Prof Mingarelli is currently moving from the University of Connecticut to Yale University and is theorist working on the so-called backgr…
Published on 2 years, 2 months ago
#2 Wendy Freedman - The Crisis in Cosmology, Standard Candles, Future of Cosmology
Episode 2
In this week's episode, David is joined by Wendy Freedman. Prof Freedman is a legendary cosmologist, who has played a central role in understanding the expansion rate of our Universe. She is a Profes…
Published on 2 years, 2 months ago
#1 Rebecca Charbonneau - Astrohistory, Carl Sagan, Cold War SETI
Episode 1
In our inaugural episode, David is joined by Rebecca Charbonneau. Dr Charbonneau holds a PhD in the History of Science from Cambridge University, and served as the Historian-in-Residence at the Harva…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago