The Sociology of Physics

Synopsis: Fourteen of the world’s leading physicists, including three Nobel Laureates, provide unique and inspirational inside glimpses of life inside the community of professional physicists.
Runtime: 24 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
  • 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
  • Michael Gordin, Rosengarten Professor of Modern and Contemporary History, Princeton University
  • Joanna Haigh, Professor Emerita of Atmospheric Physics, Imperial College London and Co-Director of the Grantham Institute
  • Justin Khoury, Professor of Physics at the University of Pennsylvania
  • Rocky Kolb, the Arthur Holly Compton Distinguished Service Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago
  • Tony Leggett, Nobel Laureate, Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at the Mathematical Institute at the University of Oxford
  • Jenny Nelson, Professor of Physics and Head of the Climate Change Mitigation Team at the Grantham Institute, Imperial College London
  • Roger Penrose, Nobel Laureate, Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at the Mathematical Institute at the University of Oxford
  • 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
  • Scott Tremaine, Professor Emeritus of Astrophysics, Institute for Advanced Study