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The sun was like a great visiting presence that stimulated and took its due from all animal energy. When it flung wide its cloak and stepped down over the edge of the fields at evening, it left behind it a spent and exhausted world.
Lee Smolin
Born: June 6, 1955 (age 70)
Bio: Lee Smolin is an American theoretical physicist, academic and author known for his contributions to quantum gravity theory, in particular the approach known as loop quantum gravity. His research interests include cosmology, elementary particle theory, the foundations of quantum mechanics, and theoretical biology.
Known for:
- Time Reborn (2013)
- The Life of the Cosmos (1997)
- Three Roads to Quantum Gravity (2001)
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