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The problem for large scientific projects is to do something that is being done for the first time, balanced against cost, schedule. and promises to the government. That is a hard balancing act.

~Barry Barish

Topics: Act Against Balanced Balancing Being Being Done Cost Done First First Time Government Hard Large Problem Projects Promises Schedule Scientific Something Time

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I live on the Santa Monica Beach and bike up and down almost every day. I like exercise, and I like literature a lot and plays and things like that.

~Barry Barish

Topics: Almost Almost Every Day Beach Bike Day Down Every Every Day Exercise Like Literature Live Lot Monica Plays Santa Santa Monica Things Up Up And Down

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When I was really young, my ambition wasn't to do science. I didn't really know that I could. It was to write a great novel.

~Barry Barish

Topics: Ambition Could Great Know Novel Really Science Write Young

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The waves are subtle, altering spacetime and the distance between objects as far apart as the Earth and the Moon by much less than the width of an atom. As such, gravitational radiation has not been directly detected yet. We hope to change that soon.

~Barry Barish

Topics: Altering Apart Atom Been Between Change Directly Distance Earth Far Gravitational Hope Less Moon Much Objects Radiation Soon Subtle Than Waves

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It's very difficult to tell when you're successful, because it's so hard to make measurements.

~Barry Barish

Topics: Because Difficult Hard Make Measurements Successful Tell Very You

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It isn't obvious and it took us a while to demonstrate that we could actually design a machine that bends.

~Barry Barish

Topics: Actually Bends Could Demonstrate Design Machine Obvious Took Us While

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Physicist

Born: January 27th, 1936

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