Paul Steinhardt
Birth Name:
Paul J. Steinhardt
Birth Place:
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Fast Facts
- Recipient of the P․A․M․ Direc Medal in 2002 awarded by the International Centre for Theoretical Physics
- In 2010, he received the Oliver E․ Buckley Condensed Matter Prize of the American Physical Society
- A longtime member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Physical Society
- After earning his bachelor's degree at the California Institute of Technology, he would later earn his Ph․D․ in physics from Harvard
- Helped develop the theory of cosmic inflation, as well as the concept of quintessence and the crystallization phase commonly know as quasicrystal
- Joined the faculty of Princeton University in 1998 after serving as a professor at the University of Pennsylvania and as a junior fellow with the Harvard Society of Fellows
- Is the co-author of the 2007 book "Endless Universe: The Big Bang and Beyond․"