Dr Brian Keating
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About
Cosmologist, Physics professor, podcaster and YouTuber, known for breaking down scientific thought on his YouTube channel. The channel, Dr Brian Keating, aims to explain concepts like the origin and evolution of space, time, and matter to his over 290,000 subscribers.
Before Fame
He started posting to YouTube in October 2017 with a TEDx Talk he gave about the multi-verse. He received his B.S. degree in Physics from the Case Western Reserve University in 1993, his M.S. degree in Physics from Brown University in the year 1995, and his PhD in 2000. He is a distinguished professor of physics at University of California, San Diego, since 2019. He is the author of two books, Losing The Nobel Prize and Into the Impossible.
Trivia
He wrote the books, Into The Impossible and Losing the Noble Prize, the latter of which was selected as a 'Best Science Book' at Science Friday. He has hosted the Clarke Center Into the Impossible podcast since 2016. Each episode is a long-form conversation with nobel laureates, scientists, writers and other notable individuals such as Noam Chomsky and Eric Weinstein. As of 2022, he has hosted 11 Nobel Prize winners and two recipients of the Pulitzer Prize.
Family Life
His father is the mathematician, James Ax. He grew up in Dobbs Ferry, New York and has 3 brothers; Kevin, Nick and Shaya. He lives in San Diego with his children.
Associated With
He has appeared on Joe Rogan's podcast to discuss Isaac Newton.
