Nobel Laureate Donna Strickland: Experimental Physics Is Fun! (#380)

I had the pleasure of interviewing the one and only Donna Theo
Strickland for our Think Like a Nobel Prize Winner series. Donna
Theo Strickland is a renowned Canadian physicist widely recognized
for her groundbreaking contributions to the field of pulsed lasers.
She was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics in 2018 with her
colleague Gérard Mourou for the practical implementation of chirped
pulse amplification.  In this fun discussion between two
experimental physicists, we talked about the Nobel Prize, the
experimental minimum, why physics you can see is the coolest
physics, lasers, pedagogy, and much more! Tune in.  Key
Takeaways:  Intro (00:00) How does Donna approach pedagogy?
(01:00) What is the experimental minimum? (04:30) How did Donna
reach her scientific breakthroughs? (06:26) What discovery won her
the Nobel prize? (07:56) Laser technology (11:28) Gender inequality
in science (15:46) Do scientists have a moral obligation to
communicate science? (19:21) Final four existential questions
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