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Alex Vilenkin


Born
in Kharkiv, Ukraine
May 13, 1949

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Science, Cosmology


Alex Vilenkin is a physicist recognized for his work on the early universe cosmology. He is known particularly for his studies of topological defects, eternal cosmic inflation, quantum cosmology, and for the theory of chiral magnetic and chiral vortical effects.
Vilenkin was born in the city of Kharkov (former Soviet Union) and graduated from the Kharkov State University in 1971 with a degree in physics. He immigrated to the US in 1976 and got his Ph.D. from SUNY Buffalo the following year. After a year as a post-doc at Case Western Reserve University, he joined the faculty of Tufts University where he is currently L. and J. Bernstein Professor of Evolutionary Science. He also serves as Director of the Tufts Institute of Cosmology. Vilenkin ...more

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Many Worlds in One: The Sea...
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Cosmology for the Curious
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“Our fascination with the cosmos is of the same nature as the feeling that inspired ancient creation myths. It is rooted in the desire to understand the origin and the destiny of the universe, its overral design, and how we humans fit into the general scheme of things.”
― Alex Vilenkin, Many Worlds in One: The Search for Other Universes
tags: civilization, cosmos, human, humanity, myth, universe
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