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195 - Brian Keating: Cosmological Inflation and the Universe’s First Light

195 - Brian Keating: Cosmological Inflation and the Universe’s First Light

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Brian Keating is the Chancellor’s Distinguished Professor of
Physics at the Center for Astrophysics & Space Sciences at UC
San Diego, host of the Into the Impossible Podcast, an expert on
the cosmic microwave background, and the author of a number of
books. Robinson and Brian discuss the expansion and
inflation of the universe, the relationship between theory and
experiment in cosmology, gravitational waves, Brian’s brainchild
the BICEP experiment, and a lot more. Brian’s most recent book is
Into the Impossible (2021), which is a distillation of many of
his conversations with Nobel Laureates and other brilliant
thinkers.

Brian’s YouTube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/DrBrianKeating?sub_confirmation=1

Into the Impossible Podcast:
https://link.chtbl.com/into-the-impossible

Brian’s Mailing List: briankeating.com/list

OUTLINE

00:00 In This Episode…

01:02 Introduction

03:30 Brian the Builder

10:59 The Theory of Cosmological Expansion?

27:08 The Origins of Inflation

34:15 On Theory and Experiment in Astrophysics

44:27 On Gravitational Waves and Inflation

1:01:40 BICEP Tech Specs

1:14:54 What Did BICEP Find?

1:29:26 The Simons Array

1:32:50 On Eric Weinstein’s Theory of Everything

Robinson’s Website: http://robinsonerhardt.com

Robinson Erhardt researches symbolic logic and the foundations of
mathematics at Stanford University. Join him in conversations
with philosophers, scientists, weightlifters, artists, and
everyone in-between.