Paul Steinhardt
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A physicist who, with his students, theoretically modeled quasi-crystals, inspired by Penrose tilings, and helped explain their formation.
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Videos Mentioning Paul Steinhardt
Brian Greene: Quantum Gravity, The Big Bang, Aliens, Death, and Meaning | Lex Fridman Podcast #232
Lex Fridman
Physicist who initially helped develop inflationary cosmology but has become a prominent critic, proposing alternate theories like cyclic cosmologies.
Brian Keating: Cosmology, Astrophysics, Aliens & Losing the Nobel Prize | Lex Fridman Podcast #257
Lex Fridman
Princeton professor and one of the originators of 'new inflation,' who now actively critiques inflationary cosmology and advocates for bouncing/cyclic cosmologies.
The Infinite Pattern That Never Repeats
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A physicist who, with his students, theoretically modeled quasi-crystals, inspired by Penrose tilings, and helped explain their formation.