Adam Riess: A Nobel Mind on a Cosmic Quest (#058)

  Nobel Prize-winning astronomer Adam Riess is my guest on
this episode of INTO THE IMPOSSIBLE. Adam was an essential
character in my book, Losing the Nobel Prize. Though at the top of
his field, Riess is relentlessly passionate about perfecting his
craft and he credits curiosity as the force that sustains his
career. Riess and I discussed cosmological controversies including
inflation, the Hubble tension, and primordial magnetic fields. We
also discuss legacies, prize money, Albert Einstein’s ability to
transfix physicists and laypeople.  07:02 Curiosity is the key
to a fulfilling career in science. 18:22 9% and why it matters.
26:00 Einstein was a victim of bad data. 33:02 Resolving Hubble
tension. 40:56 The pursuit of extraordinary evidence. 52:03 What
ethical will does Adam plan to leave behind? 53:28 What would Adam
put on a billion year old time capsule? 55:44 What wisdom would
Adam share with his younger self? 57:53 How did Adam spend his
Nobel Prize winnings? Adam Riess was a recipient of the 2011 Nobel
Prize in Physics. He is a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, and
the Thomas J. Barber Professor in Space Studies at the Krieger
School of Arts and Sciences at Johns Hopkins University. He is also
an Astronomer at the Space Telescope Science Institute. He received
his PhD in Astrophysics from Harvard University with Bob Kirshner.
Adam Riess talks about his latest paper on the podcast “Cosmology
Talks” here: https://youtu.be/2LN6dJi0og Find Adam Riess on the
web: https://www.stsci.edu/~ariess/ Into The Impossible is a
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