Lawrence Krauss

Not to be confused with economist Lawrence B. Krause.

Lawrence Krauss
Krauss at Ghent University in 2013
Born
Lawrence Maxwell Krauss

(1954-05-27) May 27, 1954 (age 70)
New York City, U.S.
Nationality
  • American
  • Canadian
Alma mater
Known for
Spouses
  • Katherine Kelley
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    (m. 1980; div. 2012)​
  • Nancy Dahl
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    (m. 2014)​
Awards
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions
ThesisGravitation and Phase Transitions in the Early Universe (1982)
Doctoral advisorRoscoe Giles[1]
Lawrence Krauss Voice
recorded in March 2017
Websitewww.lawrencemkrauss.com

Lawrence Maxwell Krauss (born May 27, 1954) is a Canadian-American theoretical physicist and cosmologist who taught at Arizona State University (ASU), Yale University, and Case Western Reserve University. He founded ASU's Origins Project in 2008 to investigate fundamental questions about the universe and served as the project's director.

Krauss is an advocate for public understanding of science, public policy based on sound empirical data, scientific skepticism, and science education. An anti-theist, Krauss seeks to reduce the influence of what he regards as superstition and religious dogma in popular culture.[2] Krauss is the author of several bestselling books, including The Physics of Star Trek (1995) and A Universe from Nothing (2012), and chaired the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Board of Sponsors.[citation needed]

Upon investigating allegations about sexual misconduct by Krauss, ASU determined that Krauss had violated university policy, and did not renew his Origins Project directorship for a third term in July 2018.[3][4] Krauss retired as a professor at ASU in May 2019, at the end of the following academic year. He currently serves as president of The Origins Project Foundation.[5] Krauss hosts The Origins Podcast with Lawrence Krauss[6] and publishes a blog titled Critical Mass.[7]

  1. ^ "Alumni Notes" (PDF). MIT. Retrieved May 15, 2014.
  2. ^ Krauss, Lawrence (June 1, 2010). "Faith and Foolishness: When Religious Beliefs Become Dangerous". Scientific American. 303 (2): 36. doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0810-36. PMID 20684370. Retrieved March 31, 2014.
  3. ^ "Lawrence Krauss replaced as director of The Origins Project". The Arizona State Press. Retrieved August 4, 2018.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Meredith2018 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Origins Project Foundation website/
  6. ^ "The ORIGINS Podcast (now a part of the ORIGINS Project Foundation) – The Origins Project Foundation".
  7. ^ Critical Mass substack/