Brian Schmidt
Brian Schmidt
Brian Paul Schmidt AC, FRS, FAAis the Vice-Chancellor of the Australian National University. He was previously a Distinguished Professor, Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow and astrophysicist at the University's Mount Stromlo Observatory and Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics and he is known for his research in using supernovae as cosmological probes. He currently holds an Australia Research Council Federation Fellowship and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Societyin 2012. Schmidt shared both the 2006 Shaw Prize in Astronomy...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth24 February 1967
CountryAustralia
I think a scientist's job is to explore the Universe, to explore the cosmos around us. People always want to know - why is that useful? Well, on just pure fundamental grounds, on some level it's like art, it's like umm, music, it's aesthetics, it's like philosophy. You want to know where you are in the Universe.
We were trying to get the word out, but they were stranded.
I'm actually surprised how technical a lot of commercial wine production is. Things are done very much from an industrial chemistry point of view at certain price points, but that's not the impression you get with wine.
Australians have a free spirit and an ability to think outside the box, and that is why I like Australia so much.
There can be theory but, you know, the problem is you've got to be able to test it. So theories are one thing, testing is another.
Because I helped discover the expansion rate of the universe was accelerating.
If we're damaged it will take 20 years to fix ourselves. It only takes one year to cause 20 years of damage.
It's not easy. Payola is something that is not readily identified because it can take so many forms.