Becoming A Physicist

Synopsis: Nine accomplished physicists describe crucial aspects of their personal trajectories of how they became the professional scientists they are today.
Runtime: 20:31 | Production year: 2017
Featured researchers:

  • Nima Arkani-Hamed, permanent faculty member, Institute for Advanced Study
  • Claudia de Rham, Professor of Theoretical Physics, Imperial College London
  • Artur Ekert, Professor of Quantum Physics at the Mathematical Institute at the University of Oxford & Director of the Centre for Quantum Technologies and Lee Kong Chian Centennial Professor at the National University of Singapore
  • Joanna Haigh, Professor Emerita of Atmospheric Physics, Imperial College London
  • Justin Khoury, Professor of Physics, University of Pennsylvania
  • Rocky Kolb, the Arthur Holly Compton Distinguished Service Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Chicago
  • Jenny Nelson, Professor of Physics and Head of the Climate Change Mitigation Team at the Grantham Institute at Imperial College London
  • Paul Steinhardt, the Albert Einstein Professor of Science and Director of the Center for Theoretical Science, Princeton University.
  • Scott Tremaine, Professor Emeritus of Astrophysics, Institute for Advanced Study