Paul Steinhardt
Paul Steinhardt · Science & Medicine
Physicist; cosmological inflation and quasicrystals
1952, Washington, D.C., United States
United States
Paul Steinhardt is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Physicist; cosmological inflation and quasicrystals
Steinhardt, an American theoretical physicist of Jewish background at Princeton, helped develop the theory of cosmic inflation that explains the large-scale structure of the universe, and later proposed rival cyclic models. Independently he predicted quasicrystals, ordered but non-periodic solids, and led an expedition that found the first natural one in a meteorite. His work spans cosmology and condensed matter.
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Physicist; cosmological inflation and quasicrystals
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Physics
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