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I can't imagine that, now that we have another way to look at the universe, that there isn't going to be some enormous surprises. Things that have nothing to do with what we already know.

~Barry Barish

Topics: Another Another Way Enormous Going Imagine Know Look Nothing Now Some Surprises Things Universe Way

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When the signal reached LIGO from a collision of two stellar black holes that occurred 1.3 billion years ago, the 1,000-scientist-strong LIGO Scientific Collaboration was able to both identify the candidate event within minutes and perform the detailed analysis that convincingly demonstrated that gravitational waves exist.

~Barry Barish

Topics: Able Analysis Billion Black Black Holes Both Candidate Collaboration Collision Detailed Event Exist Gravitational Holes Identify Minutes Occurred Perform Reached Scientific Signal Two Waves Within Years Years Ago

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After my mother died, I learned that she'd had a scholarship to the University of Nebraska, but - in kind of a tradition that females don't do things like that - her father prevented her from going. She always said that she wasn't allowed to go to college, but until she died, I never knew that she'd had this scholarship.

~Barry Barish

Topics: After Allowed Always College Died Father Females Go Going Had Her Kind Knew Learned Like Mother Nebraska Never Said Scholarship She Things Tradition University Until

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I think there's a bit of truth that LIGO wouldn't be here if I didn't do it, so I don't think I'm undeserving.

~Barry Barish

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It's hard to do large, expensive projects without some sort of hierarchical structure where somebody can tell you - maybe softly, but at least tell you - what to do, or you have some supervision over you. Physicists like to be completely independent of each other. So that's a constant struggle. And it's a place that sometimes we get in trouble.

~Barry Barish

Topics: Constant Each Expensive Get Hard Independent Large Least Like Maybe Other Over Physicists Place Projects Softly Some Somebody Sometimes Sort Structure Struggle Supervision Tell Trouble Where Without You

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Scientists, especially physicists, we're presumptuous and think we can do everything better than everybody else. And one thing that I realized early is, I had some talent managing and organizing things - you know, some people are better organizers than others - but why should I reinvent the wheel?

~Barry Barish

Topics: Better Early Else Everybody Everybody Else Everything Had Know Managing One Thing Organizing Others People Physicists Presumptuous Realized Reinvent Reinvent The Wheel Scientists Should Some Some People Talent Than Thing Things Think Wheel Why You

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I actually spent a lot of time reading about how professional managers work. And how people build bridges.

~Barry Barish

Topics: About Actually Bridges Build How Lot Managers People Professional Reading Spent Time Work

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I always wanted to be an experimental physicist and was attracted to the idea of using continuing advances in technology to carry out fundamental science experiments that could not be done otherwise.

~Barry Barish

Topics: Advances Always Attracted Carry Continuing Could Done Experimental Experiments Fundamental Idea Otherwise Out Physicist Science Technology Using Wanted

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A lot of missions for NASA or experiments on accelerators happen through a whole process of scientific retreats, long-range planning, forming collaborations to do studies - all this kind of stuff. It's very democratic.

~Barry Barish

Topics: Collaborations Democratic Experiments Forming Happen Kind Lot Missions Nasa Planning Process Scientific Studies Stuff Through Very Whole

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The 4th Concept is welcomed and encouraged. In the end, it's my hope and belief that the best ideas are what will be used in these detectors.

~Barry Barish

Topics: Belief Best Concept Detector Encouraged End Hope Ideas In The End Used Welcomed Will

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Physicist

Born: January 27th, 1936

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