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Nobel laureate Rai Weiss is best known as one of the original creators of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO). Join him as he explores the history of this amazing project and the technology that made it a reality. #WorldSciU

This lecture was filmed on May 30, 2015 at the World Science Festival in New York City.

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From Einstein to LIGO - 00:00:05

Turning a Thought Experiment into Reality - 00:20:04

LIGO's Success - 00:38:54

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