Paul J. Steinhardt is the Albert Einstein Professor in Science at Princeton University, and on the faculty of the Department of Physics and the Department of Astrophysical Sciences there. He has received the Dirac Medal and other prestigious awards for his groundbreaking theories on the early universe and novel forms of matter. He is the author of The Second Kind of Impossible, and the coauthor of Endless Universe with Neil Turok. In 2014, the International Mineralogical Association named a new mineral “steinhardtite” in his honor. A fierce defender of science and scientific reasoning, Steinhardt continues to challenge conventional thinking and identify new directions ripe for exploration and innovation.
FOR MORE DETAILS:
Go here
IMAGES OF AUTHOR:
Hi-resolution image, Princeton Trustees
In Kamchatka, photo by William Steinhardt
Author with quasicrystal tilings, Princeton Trustees
From ‘Through the Wormhole’, Discovery Communications
(To download, scroll over photo description and click on link.)
THE SECOND KIND OF IMPOSSIBLE
The Extraordinary Quest for a New Form of Matter
By Paul J. Steinhardt
Published by Simon & Schuster on January 8, 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 9781476729923
Ebook ISBN: 9781476729947
