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Krauss, Lawrence Maxwell was born on May 27, 1954 in New York City. Son of Alfred and Geraldine (Title) Krauss.
( Will the universe continue to expand forever, reverse i...)
Will the universe continue to expand forever, reverse its expansion and begin to contract, or reach a delicately poised state where it simply persists forever? The answer depends on the amount and properties of matter in the universe, and that has given rise to one of the great paradoxes of modern cosmology: there is too little visible matter to account for the behavior we can see. Over ninety percent of the universe consists of ”missing mass” or ”dark matter” - what Lawrence Krauss, in his classic book, termed ”the fifth essence.”In this new edition of The Fifth Essence, retitled Quintessence after the now widely accepted term for dark matter, Krauss shows how the dark matter problem is now connected with two of the hottest areas in recent cosmology: the fate of the universe and the ”cosmological constant.” With a new introduction, epilogue, and chapter updates, Krauss updates his classic for 1999 and shares one of the most stunning discoveries of recent years: an anti-gravity force that explains recent observations of a permanently expanding universe.
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( Fear of Physics is a lively, irreverent, and informativ...)
Fear of Physics is a lively, irreverent, and informative look at everything from the physics of boiling water to cutting-edge research at the observable limits of the universe. Rich with anecdotes and accessible examples, it nimbly ranges over the tools and thought behind the world of modern physics, taking the mystery out of what is essentially a very human intellectual endeavor.
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(Beginning well before Plato’s allegory of the cave and co...)
Beginning well before Plato’s allegory of the cave and continuing to modern scientific breakthroughs from relativity to quantum mechanics, as well as to pop cultural icons like Twilight Zone and Star Trek, human beings have imagined, even longed for, alternate realities. Lawrence M. Krauss, one of the most gifted and engaging of writer-scientists today, examines why we have often believed that the answers to the great questions about existence lie in the possibility that we live in a universe more complex than we can see or otherwise sense. Drawing on work by scientists, mathematicians, artists, and writers—from Einstein to Picasso to C. S. Lewis—Hiding in the Mirror explores whether extra dimensions simply represent abstract speculation or hold the key to a deeper understanding of the universe. Krauss examines popular culture’s embrace— and misunderstanding—of topics such as black holes, life in another dimension, string theory, and some of the daring new theories that propose that large extra dimensions exist alongside our own. This is popular science writing at its best and most illuminating—witty, fascinating, and controversial.
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(A study of scientific aspects of "Star Trek". The author ...)
A study of scientific aspects of "Star Trek". The author explains that, for instance, the space ship in "Independence Day" would have brought Earth to its knees without having fired a shot, since its gravitational pull would have caused earthquakes, tidal waves and volcanic eruptions.
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Krauss, Lawrence Maxwell was born on May 27, 1954 in New York City. Son of Alfred and Geraldine (Title) Krauss.
Bachelor of Science with first class honours in Mathematics and Physics, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 1977. Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1982. Doctor of Science (honorary), Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 2003.
Junior fellow Harvard Society Fellows, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1982-1985. Assistant professor departments physics and astronomy Yale University, New Haven, 1985-1988, associate professor, 1988-1993. Ambrose Swasey professor physics, professor astronomy Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, 1993—2008.
Foundation professor School Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, since 2008. Associate European Organization Nuclear Research (European Organization of Nuclear Research), 1983, science associate, 1996—1997. Visiting researcher Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, 1984—1988, Institute Theoretical Physics, Santa Barbara, California, 1984, 85, 88, 89, 92, 2002, 03, University Chicago, 1989, Institute Nuclear Theory, Seattle, 1994, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Institute Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics, 1995, 96, 98, Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques, Bures-sur-Yvette, France, 1997—1998, Cambridge University Isaac Newton Institute, 1999, Perimeter Institute, 2003.
Visiting scientist Boston University and Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, 1985—1986, Harvard-Smithsonian Center Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1986—1989. Associate department physics Harvard University, 1987—1995. Member panel astronomy and astrophysics survey committee National Research Council, Washington, 1989—1990.
Chairman department physics Case Western Reserve University, 1993—2005, director Center Education and Research in Cosmology and Astrophysics, since 2002, director office of science, public policy and bio-entrepreneurship School Medicine, 2005. Hooker distinguished visiting professor McMaster University Origins Institute, 2005. Member Institute Advanced Study, 2005.
(Discussing the ideas of everyone from Plato to Stephen Ha...)
( Will the universe continue to expand forever, reverse i...)
(Beginning well before Plato’s allegory of the cave and co...)
( Fear of Physics is a lively, irreverent, and informativ...)
(The Fifth Essence: The Search for Dark Matter in the Univ...)
(A study of scientific aspects of "Star Trek". The author ...)
Trustee Cleveland Museum Natural History, since 2002. Board advisors Defense of Constutution, 2005. Board advisors, member guidance committee Science Fiction Experience, Seattle, 2003.
Trustee, member executive committee Great Lakes Science Center, 1998—2004. Member international advisory committee International Conference on Dark Matter Detection, 2000. Chair, board directors Science Friday Foundation, since 2009.
Board directors Federation American Scientists, since 2010. Member Aspen Center Physics, since 1998. Board directors Faststart Foundation, since 2003.
Fellow: American Association for the Advancement of Science (chairman-elect physics division since 2006, Award for Public Understanding of Science and Technology 2000), American Physical Society (member executive committee division astrophysics 1997—2000, chair forum physics and society, Julius Edgar Lilienfeld prize 2001, Joseph A. Burton Forum award 2005). Member: Bulletin Atomic Scientists (board sponsors), American Astronomical Society, Skeptics Society (board advisors since 2001).
Married Katherine Anne Kelley, January 19, 1980. 1 child, Lillian Kelley.