Sean Carroll
Physicist and philosopher at Johns Hopkins; hosts the Mindscape podcast.
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- Sean Carroll is an American theoretical physicist working on quantum mechanics, cosmology and the philosophy of science.
- He is Homewood Professor of Natural Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University.
- He started the Mindscape podcast in 2018.
- His popular books include From Eternity to Here and Something Deeply Hidden.
Key facts
- Role
- Homewood Professor of Natural Philosophy, Johns Hopkins University, from 20221
- Earlier
- Research professor of physics at Caltech, 2006 to 2022; assistant professor at the University of Chicago until 20061
- Also
- External professor at the Santa Fe Institute1
- Born
- 5 Oct 19661
- Education
- PhD in astronomy, Harvard University, 19931
- Books
- From Eternity to Here; The Particle at the End of the Universe; The Big Picture; Something Deeply Hidden; The Biggest Ideas in the Universe (2022, 2024)1
- Recognition
- Guggenheim Fellowship, 20151
Links
- preposterousuniverse.com (opens preposterousuniverse.com)
- Mindscape (opens preposterousuniverse.com)
- YouTube (opens youtube.com)
- Bluesky (opens bsky.app)
- Wikipedia (opens en.wikipedia.org)
- Where they publish (ppll) (opens ppll.app)
- What they believe (korrents) (opens korrents.com)
- What they recommend (rcmnd) (opens rcmnd.app)
Sources
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