Speaker
Scott Hughes
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Description
I began graduate studies in Fall 1993, arriving at Caltech vaguely interested in work being done in Kip Thorne’s group, but without a clear sense of what I really wanted to do. Kip’s advice to me was “talk to Eric.” Eric not only got me started thinking about subjects that continue to influence the calculations my group and I do today, but provided the standard that I have attempted to meet in almost all of the work I have done ever since. In this brief talk, I’ll describe the role Eric played in setting the initial data for my scientific career, and how he has continued to be the standard that I aspire to reach in the work that I enjoy the most.
Author
Scott Hughes
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
