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Lee Smolin

Author of The Trouble with Physics: The Rise of String Theory, the Fall of a Science, and What Comes Next

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Lee Smolin is a theoretical physicist who is a founding and senior faculty member at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. He is the author of five books, including The Trouble with Physics and Time Reborn. — biography from Three Roads to Quantum Gravity
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1955-06-06
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USA
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New York, New York, USA
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Hampshire College (BA | 1975)
Harvard University (PhD | 1979)
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theoretical physicist
university professor
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Coleman, Sidney (doctoral advisor)
Deser, Stanley (teacher)
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Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics [founder]
University of Waterloo
American Physical Society
University of Toronto
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Fellow, Royal Society of Canada
Klopsteg Memorial Award (2009)
Majorana Prize (2007)
Foreign Policy Magazine's Top 100 Public Intellectuals
Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal (2013)
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