Marcelo Gleiser
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Marcelo Gleiser | |
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PhD) | |
Awards | Templeton Prize (2019) |
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Fields | Physics |
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Marcelo Gleiser (born 19 March 1959) is a Brazilian physicist and astronomer. He is a professor of physics and astronomy at Dartmouth College.
Education
Gleiser received his bachelor's degree in 1981 from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, his M.Sc. degree in 1982 from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, and his Ph.D. in 1986 from King's College London. He was a postdoctoral researcher at Fermilab until 1988, and thereafter until 1991 at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics.
Academic career
Since 1991 Gleiser has taught at Dartmouth College, where he was awarded the Appleton Professorship of Natural Philosophy in 1999, and is currently a professor of physics and astronomy.
Gleisder is the co-discoverer of "oscillons," time-dependent long-lived field configurations which are present in many physical systems from cosmology to vibrating grains.[1] In 2012, he pioneered the use of concepts from information theory as a measure of complexity in nature.[2]
Gleiser writes a weekly science column for the Brazilian
In September 2023, astrophysicists, including Gleiser, questioned the overall current view of the
Bibliography (English)
- The Dancing Universe: From Creation Myths to the Big Bang, ISBN 978-0-452-27606-2
- The Prophet and the Astronomer: Apocalyptic Science and the End of the World, ISBN 978-0-393-32431-0
- A Tear at the Edge of Creation: A Radical New Vision for Life in an Imperfect Universe, ISBN 978-1-4391-0832-1
- The Island of Knowledge: The Limits of Science and the Search for Meaning, ISBN 978-0-4650-3171-9
- The Simple Beauty of the Unexpected: A Natural Philosopher's Quest for Trout and the Meaning of Everything, ForeEdge (7 June 2016), ISBN 978-1-61168-441-4
- "How Much Can We Know? The reach of the scientific method is constrained by the limitations of our tools and the intrinsic impenetrability of some of nature's deepest questions", Scientific American, vol. 318, no. 6 (June 2018), pp. 72–73.
- Great Minds Don't Think Alike: Debates on Consciousness, Reality, Intelligence, Faith, Time, AI, Immortality, and the Human (editor), [1] (February 2022), ISBN 9780231204118
- The Dawn of a Mindful Universe: A Manifesto for Humanity's Future, ISBN 978-0063056879
See also
References
- S2CID 28981295.
- S2CID 119252767.
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- ^ "Marcelo Gleiser - Laureates". Templeton Prize. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
- ^ Frank, Adam; Gleiser, Marcelo (2 September 2023). "The Story of Our Universe May Be Starting to Unravel". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2 September 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
External links
- Dartmouth College Department of Physics and Astronomy biography and CV
- Marcelo Gleiser's personal page
- Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Engagement
- Marcelo Gleiser's Question: Where Does Matter Come From?
- Marcelo Gleiser extended film interview with transcripts for the 'Why are We Here?' documentary series.