Stephen Hawking

Stephen Hawking

male, 67 years old
black holes, Quantum Gravity, theoretical physics, physicist, agnostic, cosmology
Stephen William Hawking, CH, CBE, FRS, FRSA, (born 8 January1942) is a British theoretical physicist. Hawking is the Lucasian Professor of...
Roger Penrose

Roger Penrose

male, 78 years old
scientist, cosmology, University of Oxford, Erdős number 3, recreational mathematics, general relativity…physical cosmology
Sir Roger Penrose, OM, FRS (born 8 August 1931) is an English mathematical physicist and Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at the...
Paul Davies

Paul Davies

male, 63 years old
Member of ISSR, Companion of the Order of the Bath, Mars, Alumni of the University of Cambridge, Erdős number 4, quantum field theory…cosmology, physical cosmology
Paul Charles William Davies (born April 22, 1946) is a British-born, physicist, writer and broadcaster, who holds the position of College Professor...
Lee Smolin

Lee Smolin

54 years old
Harvard University alumni, Quantum Gravity physicist, Loop quantum gravity, quantum mechanics, American, fecund universes…cosmology, physical cosmology
Lee Smolin (born 1955 in New York City) is an American theoretical physicist, a researcher at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, and...
Lisa Randall

Lisa Randall

female, 47 years old
Randall-Sundrum model, Harvard University alumni, Harvard University, American Physical Society, string theorist, Standard Model…cosmology
Lisa Randall (born 18 June, 1962) is a leading theoretical physicist and expert on particle physics, string theory and cosmology. She works on...
Neil Turok

Neil Turok

male (South Africa)
Princeton University, African National Congress, Alumni of Churchill College, Cambridge, Churchill College, WMAP, Fellow of Downing College, Cambridge…physical cosmology, cosmology
Dr. Neil Turok earned his PhD at Imperial College. After a postdoc in Santa Barbara, he was appointed Associate Scientist at Fermilab before moving...
Employment: …Director - Centre for Theoretical Cosmology
George Smoot

George Smoot

male, 64 years old
physicist, black body, anisotropy, Einstein Medal, George Fitzgerald Smoot III, cosmic microwave background radiation…cosmology
George Fitzgerald Smoot III (born February 20 1945) is an American astrophysicist and cosmologist awarded the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics with John...
Brian Swimme

Brian Swimme

male
Sidney Liebes, John Wiley & Sons, ecofeminist, dynamics, Orbis Books, Matthew Fox…cosmology
Brian Swimme (born 1950) is an author of several books dealing with cosmology, evolution and religion. He received his Ph.D. from the University of...
Dennis Overbye

Dennis Overbye

male, 65 years old
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Scientific journalist, Los Angeles Times, Phi Kappa Sigma, discover, The Los Angeles Times…cosmology
Dennis Overbye (born June 2, 1944 in Seattle, Washington) is a science writer specializing in physics and cosmology. Overbye received his B.S. in...
Joel Primack

Joel Primack

male
University of California, Santa Cruz faculty, Cold dark matter, Sandra Moore Faber, particle astrophysics, relativistic quantum field theory, supercomputer…physical cosmology, cosmology
Joel Primack is a professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of California, Santa Cruz and works at the Lick Observatory. Dr....