Safi Bahcall

@SafiBahcall

Physicist. Biotech. Crazy ideas. Author of 🚀

Vrijeme pridruživanja: lipanj 2011.

Medijski sadržaj

  1. 23. sij
  2. 14. sij

    One of my all-time favorite graphs Brian Druker was denied tenure because his work was felt to lack 'potential' Drug he discovered: Gleevec (imatinib) Life expectancy of pts with chr. myel. leukemia today: normal.

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  3. 9. sij

    When a college classmate dies it feels personal. Even if it wasn't. RIP Elizabeth Wurtzel. Beautiful writer. Meant so much to so many who struggle.

  4. 9. sij

    Received today belated holiday wishes from an astro friend. Attachment: hanukkah socks in space (h/t ) What an image

  5. 4. sij

    My mother, a professor of astrophysics at Princeton, brings her granddaughter to work. Julia, 5yo, takes over the class.

  6. 2. sij

    2020 theme: gratitude (and finish the next book) Thanks! 👇

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  7. 31. pro 2019.

    Delighted to have been asked to help announce a new Prize to recognize leaders in saving our planet. A new Nobel Prize, but for early stage ideas. Some of which may seem nuts… for our planet The Prize. Prince William + Please share!

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  8. 22. pro 2019.

    OTD, 1925: Erwin Schrödinger leaves for a ski vacation in the Swiss Alps with an unknown female companion. He skips the slopes, scribbles a few equations, and invents quantum mechanics as we know it.

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  9. 21. pro 2019.
    Odgovor korisnicima

    Thanks! For fun, here's "Loonshots in 90 seconds" - a video my brother just made (draft) 👇 more at

  10. 17. pro 2019.

    Just finishing up autbiog (Born Standing Up). Agonizing path to success. Decades of near-constant rejection from his father. At the end of the book, as his father lies dying, this scene 👇 Was on a plane. Had to turn away so my seat mate couldn't see my face

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  11. 15. pro 2019.

    Eventually we recovered from the Wegmans Thin Crust Pepperoni Pizza incident, but this helped ease the pain

  12. 13. pro 2019.

    has arrived! Made it to 52's holiday list with sleek rolling luggage, M&D headphones, and soy wax candles. Also: terrariums (I had to look it up). Great as office decor: “You will impress your friends and probably make new ones as well.” Yes!

  13. 12. pro 2019.

    Cool ... just announced as the most recommended book of the year by Bloomberg Survey of CEOs + entrepreneurs: (tied with Infinite Game)

  14. 2. pro 2019.

    The device: “Polavision” machine for for instantly printing home movie videos. Beautiful. Impressive. Big media splash. But ... no market. 2yrs later: Land out. Polaroid begins its death spiral. (Land, years afterward, at warehouse full of unsold Polavisions👇) (2/3)

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  15. 26. stu 2019.

    Got a bunch of requests for holiday orders / signed copies -- so I'm working with a local bookstore to make that happen! Message me here or as below 👇

  16. 24. stu 2019.

    This link can help: "Safi Bahcall on How to Stop Racing Thoughts and Fall Asleep Faster | The Tim Ferriss Show" with

  17. 23. stu 2019.
    Odgovor korisnicima

    And the US would never had led the world in S+T over the past 70 years had we collectively not subscribed to the "usefulness of useless knowledge" (Flexner, 1921 - helped bring Einstein to the US + IAS). Nicely updated recently by /end

  18. 22. stu 2019.

    When your book is flashed on a gameboard to a million people 👇 Thanks Kyle Dubas, -- and congrats on the win!

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  19. 21. stu 2019.

    Had the privilege of meeting with and bipartisan on applying principles described in to national security. Talented, hardworking professionals focused on mission and greater good. Honored to contribute. Plus: this photo really impressed my wife.

  20. 18. stu 2019.

    In London. First time in years. So happy to still see these on sidewalks

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