Advice to a Young Scientist

Synopsis: Eight world-leading physicists and a celebrated mathematician share valuable, candid advice to young and aspiring students who are motivated to become scientists.
Runtime: 12 mins.
Featured researchers:

  • Nima Arkani-Hamed, permanent faculty member, Institute for Advanced Study
  • Claudia de Rham, Professor of Theoretical Physics, Imperial College London
  • Freeman Dyson (1923-2020), mathematical physicist, Institute for Advanced Study
  • Joanna Haigh, Professor Emerita of Atmospheric Physics, Imperial College London
  • Justin Khoury, Professor of Physics, University of Pennsylvania
  • Tony Leggett, Nobel Laureate, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Chair Emeritus of Physics, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
  • David Politzer, Nobel Laureate and the Richard Chace Tolman Professor of Theoretical Physics, Caltech
  • Paul Steinhardt, the Albert Einstein Professor of Science and Director of the Center for Theoretical Science, Princeton University
  • Ian Stewart, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics, University of Warwick