“The most spectacular element of the Penrose
calculations is that he showed that if you are close enough to a
black hole, time ends. It is the mirror image of the Big
Bang.”
—Robbert Dijkgraaf, IAS Director and Leon Levy Professor
(Wall
Street...
James Peebles,
Member (1977–78) and Visitor (1990–91, 1998–99)
in the School of Natural Sciences, has been recognized with the
2019 Nobel Prize in Physics.
The prize honors "contributions to our understanding of the
evolution of the universe and...
A trio of British-born researchers working in the U.S. won the Nobel Prize in Physics Tuesday for what one of them called a curious mathematical “toy” that to his surprise revolutionized the study of exotic matter suitable for quantum computers, new superconductors, and advanced designer materials.
