L. Smolin

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gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkbp:author gptkb:Carlo_Rovelli
Abhay_Mehta
Renato_Costa
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Einstein_Prize
gptkbp:birthDate 1955-06-06
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:collaborations gptkb:Lee_Smolin
gptkb:David_Rideout
gptkb:Robert_Geroch
gptkb:Julian_Barbour
gptkb:Rafael_Sorkin
gptkbp:employees gptkb:Perimeter_Institute_for_Theoretical_Physics
gptkbp:field theoretical physics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label L. Smolin
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Lee_Smolin
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Hermann_Weyl
gptkb:David_Bohm
gptkb:John_Archibald_Wheeler
gptkb:Richard_Feynman
gptkb:Albert_Einstein
gptkb:Edward_Witten
gptkb:John_von_Neumann
gptkb:Stephen_Hawking
gptkb:David_Deutsch
gptkb:Roger_Penrose
Niels Bohr
gptkbp:knownFor loop quantum gravity
quantum_gravity
gptkbp:nationality American
gptkbp:notableAlumni the principle of background independence
gptkbp:philosophy theoretical physics
realism
the nature of scientific theories
scientific pluralism
the role of time in physics
gptkbp:publishes The Trouble with Physics
Time Reborn
Three Roads to Quantum Gravity
The Singular Universe and the Reality of Time
The_Life_of_the_Cosmos
gptkbp:researchFocus string theory
the nature of time
black holes
theoretical cosmology
quantum_field_theory
gptkbp:website http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/people/l-smolin