The Quest for the Nobel: Cosmology, Physics, and the Search for the Origins of the Universe | Brian Keating

Summary: In Episode 46, Demetri speaks with Brian Keating, astrophysicist and author of Losing the Nobel Prize: A Story of Cosmology, Ambition, and the Perils of Science's Highest Honor. Cosmologists stare into the abyss of space in an attempt to uncover the origins of the cosmos and the beginnings of time itself. However, they're often waylaid on their quest. Here, Keating discusses the most remarkable discoveries in physics and the biases and incentives that are shredding the fabric of modern science.