Episode One: Professor Sir Richard Friend

A Conversation with Professor Sir Richard Friend, Cavendish Professor of Physics at the University of Cambridge.  

0:00 Introduction 

00:56 What moment of innovation was the most memorable? 

03:54 What drew you to this particular branch of physics? 

06:49 How do you go about trying to solve problems? 

09:23 How much of your work is looking at experiments compared to theoretical work? 

10:54 What’s the biggest problem you are working on at the moment?  

15:56 What do you think is the maximum efficiency we could reach using silicon solar cells?  

16:53 How much is your day to day research tied into your companies? 

17:51 Is Solar technology the most exciting thing you’ve worked on?  

19:17 Is it surprising to you that we are able to model our universe so well using mathematical and scientific techniques? 

21:05 Which idea in the history of science do you think was the most revolutionary?  

24:13 What one physics question would you like answered about the universe?  

25:26 Would it be useful to understand more about conscientiousness for physics? 

26:18 What one piece of advice would you give to those looking for a career in physics?

Links: Professor Sir Richard Friend FRS, FREng

https://www.phy.cam.ac.uk/directory/friendr

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Friend

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