Sean M. Carroll

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Sean Michael Carroll (born October 5, 1966 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania ) is an American theoretical physicist who works on cosmology , gravity and the fundamentals of quantum mechanics . He is also active as an author of popular science non-fiction books and podcasters .

Life

Carrol earned a Ph.D. in 1993 at Harvard University . He is currently a Research Professor at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena , working in the fields of cosmology , field theory , gravitation and quantum mechanics . He is interested in fundamental questions of physics and cosmology, especially dark matter and dark energy as well as space-time symmetries and the origin of the universe.

So far he has published two specialist books and one textbook. In 2013 he received the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books for his book The Particle at the End of the Universe .

In 2010 he became a Fellow of the American Physical Society .

Writings (books)

  • Spacetime and Geometry: An Introduction to General Relativity . Cummings, 2003, ISBN 978-0-8053-8732-2 , pp. 513 .
  • From Eternity to Here: The Quest for the Ultimate Theory of Time . Dutton, New York 2010, ISBN 978-1-101-15215-7 , pp. 447 .
  • The Particle at the End of the Universe: How the Hunt for the Higgs Boson Leads Us to the Edge of a New World . Dutton, New York 2012, ISBN 978-0-14-218030-3 , pp. 320 .
  • The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself . Dutton 2016. ISBN 0525954821 .
  • Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime . Dutton 2019, ISBN 978-1-5247-4301-7 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books 2013
personal data
SURNAME Carroll, Sean M.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Carrol, Sean Michael (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American astrophysicist
DATE OF BIRTH 5th October 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , United States