Whether it was by gazing up at a starry night or by making a magnifying glass from a broken soda bottle, today's greatest science and math minds all got their inspiration from somewhere. This week we feature Nobel Prize-winning physicist William Phillips, whose work in laser cooling resulted in atomic clocks becoming far more accurate. Get exclusive insight into moments of genius at bigthink.com/momentsofgenius. This series is sponsored by Intel.
Jill Tarter is trying to find an answer to a question people have asked forever: is there life on other planets?
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