​Do you ever lie awake pondering the really big questions like the meaning of life or the origin of the cosmos? One night, while his wife and son slept in the next room, #physicist Alan Guth was up late pondering one of those really big questions when inspiration struck him. Thanks to his midnight musings, Guth imagined a "very surprising feature of physics" at the beginning of the Big Bang that he would go on to call his "Inflation Theory". Don't wait for the next time you're up late pondering the big questions, share Alan's story and tag a friend in the comments section right now! Link to the full video: bit.ly/KavliCountdownEp10 This video is part of our Brilliant Breakthroughs series: our new 20-episode mini-series exploring the "Eureka!" moments and proud accomplishments of the greatest scientific minds of our time. Join us as we "Countdown to Kavli" by featuring the achievements of the Kavli Award winners from the last decade (2008-2018) until the 2018 Kavli Prize is ann...