Interview with Barry Clark Barish

Abstract

"The actual size of the signal was about one thousandth the size of a proton!"Telephone interview with Barry C. Barish following the announcement of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics on 3 October 2017. The interviewer is Adam Smith, Chief Scientific Officer of Nobel Media. In the interview, Barry C. Barish reflects on the incredible sensitivity of the instrument used to make the discoveries which led to this year's Nobel Prize in Physics.