Lawrence M. Krauss
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I was born in New York City and shortly afterward moved to
Toronto, spending my childhood in Canada. I received undergraduate
degrees in mathematics and physics from Carleton University, and his
Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1982.
After a stint in the Harvard Society of Fellows, I became an assistant professor at Yale University in 1985 and Associate Professor in 1988. I moved in 1993 to become Ambrose Swasey Professor of Physics, professor of astronomy, and Chairman of the Physics Department at Case Western Reserve University In August 2008 I joined the faculty at Arizona State University as Foundation Professor in the School of Earth and Space Exploration and the Department of Physics in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Director of the University's Origins Initiative. In 2009 we inaugurated this initiative with the Origins Symposium… Read more |
2 comments:
You know, I am sure he is bright, but questions about infinity interest me less these days, than my own interest in finity. It might pay off some tomorrow, but I figure I won't be around. Best wishes to those who come later!
I enjoy these talks, not that I understand much of it. That we are made of stardust, the mystery of dark matter and dark energy, the musicality of vibrating strings, and the understanding of how little we actually know, leaves me dizzy with possibility in the best possible way...
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