Zero Gravity

While at Science Foo Camp 2008, I grabbed a few quick interviews for the Nature podcast, which was posted today on Nature.com.  Just a few soundbites from attendees David Bauer, Brian Cox, Chris Patil, and Martin Rees. And a shout out to me.

It’s the latest episode so, for now, you can find it here.  When it gets moved to the archive, I’ll link to its permanent location.*

Thanks to everyone who took the time to speak to me!

* Update:  Here’s the podcast episode (21 August 2008) in mp3.  And also a text transcription.

“Passion is inversely proportional to the amount of real information available.”

- Gregory Benford’s law of controversy (an adage from his 1980 novel Timescape).

Q: Do androids dream of electric sheep?

A: Only the ones from the Deep South. The others dream of electric French maids.

- Brian Malow

The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas.

- Linus Pauling

“For a Westerner to trash Western culture is like criticizing our nitrogen/oxygen atmosphere on the grounds that it sometimes gets windy, and besides, Jupiter’s is much prettier. You may not realize its advantages until you’re trying to breathe liquid methane.”

- Neal Stephenson

“In answer to the question of why it happened, I offer the modest proposal that our universe is simply one of those things which happen from time to time.”

- Edward P. Tryon

“The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not ‘Eureka!’ but ‘That’s funny…’ ”

- Isaac Asimov