Lawrence M. Krauss

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Lawrence M. Krauss is a theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and prominent science communicator known for his work on dark energy, the origins of the universe, and his outspoken advocacy of atheism and scientific skepticism.

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instanceOf atheist
author
cosmologist
human
science communicator
scientific skeptic
theoretical physicist
academicDegree PhD in physics
awardReceived American Institute of Physics Science Writing Award
surface form: American Institute of Physics Science Communication Award

Gravity Research Foundation Award
surface form: Gravity Research Foundation First Prize

Humanist of the Year
surface form: Humanist of the Year (American Humanist Association)
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1954-05-27
educatedAt Carleton University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
employer Arizona State University
Case Western Reserve University
Yale University
familyName Krauss
fieldOfWork astrophysics
cosmology
science communication
theoretical physics
genre popular science
givenName Lawrence
hasWritten A Universe from Nothing
Atom: An Odyssey from the Big Bang to Life on Earth and Beyond
Fear of Physics
Hiding in the Mirror
Quintessence: The Mystery of Missing Mass in the Universe
The Greatest Story Ever Told—So Far
The Physics of Star Trek
knownFor advocacy of atheism
advocacy of scientific skepticism
popularizing cosmology
work on dark energy
work on the origins of the universe
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Physical Society
movement New Atheism
name Lawrence M. Krauss self-link
notableIdea using quantum field theory in curved spacetime to discuss universe from nothing
notableWork A Universe from Nothing
The Physics of Star Trek
placeOfBirth New York City
positionHeld Ambrose Swasey Professor of Physics at Case Western Reserve University
Director of the Origins Project at Arizona State University
Foundation Professor at Arizona State University
religiousView atheism

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Richard Dawkins Award notableRecipient Lawrence M. Krauss
William Lane Craig hasDebated Lawrence M. Krauss
this entity surface form: Lawrence Krauss
CSI hasKeyPerson Lawrence M. Krauss
subject surface form: Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
this entity surface form: Lawrence Krauss
Lawrence M. Krauss name Lawrence M. Krauss self-link