Losing the Nobel Prize
A Story of Cosmology, Ambition, and the Perils of Science's Highest Honor
Published on 24. April 2018
368 pages
978-1-324-00092-1 (ISBN)
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"Riveting."—Science A Forbes, Physics Today, Science News, and Science Friday Best Science Book Of 2018
Cosmologist and inventor of the BICEP (Background Imaging of Cosmic Extragalactic Polarization) experiment, Brian Keating tells the inside story of the mesmerizing quest to unlock cosmology's biggest mysteries and the human drama that ensued. We follow along on a personal journey of revelation and discovery in the publish-or-perish world of modern science, and learn that the Nobel Prize might hamper—rather than advance—scientific progress. Fortunately, Keating offers practical solutions for reform, providing a vision of a scientific future in which cosmologists may finally be able to see all the way back to the very beginning.
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A Story of Cosmology, Ambition, and the Perils of Science's Highest Honor
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A Story of Cosmology, Ambition, and the Perils of Science's Highest Honor
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Brian Keating is a professor of physics at the University of California, San Diego; a Fellow of the American Physical Society; a commercially rated pilot; and the director of the Simons Observatory. He received the 2007 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers for his work on BICEP. He lives with his family in La Jolla, California.
