Inspiration at the Exploratorium: From Tactile Dome to Machine Shop

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The speaker shares their birthday party experience at the Exploratorium and how it sparked their passion for art and science. They discuss their first job at the museum, where they learned various skills and highlight the importance of precision and understanding in both disciplines.

Kip Thorne, Nobel Prize winning theoretical physicist known for his pioneering work in astrophysics, and Lia Halloran, multi-award-winning artist and photographer, join to talk about their cosmic collaboration—a book of poetry and paintings called “The Warped Side of Our Universe: An Odyssey through Black Holes, Wormholes, Time Travel, and Gravitational Waves.”