Kari-Pekka Enqvist (born February 16, 1954 in
Lahti
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,
Finland
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) is a
professor
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of
cosmology
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in the Department of Physical Sciences at the
University of Helsinki
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. Enqvist was awarded his
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in
theoretical physics
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in 1983.
Enqvist is the chairman of the scientific advisory board of
Skepsis ry (a Finnish
sceptic
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s' society) and has written many books that popularize physics.
In 1997 Enqvist was granted the Magnus Ehrnrooth Foundation Physics Award for his efforts in
particle physics
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and
cosmology
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.
In 1999, he was awarded the
Tieto-Finlandia award, Finland's most significant award for non-fiction, for his book ''Olemisen porteilla ("At the gates of being")''.
Enqvist retired from the University of Helsinki in 2019.
References
External links
Kari Enqvist's homepage
20th-century Finnish physicists
Finnish science writers
Particle physicists
Finnish skeptics
Finnish atheists
Academic staff of the University of Helsinki
People from Lahti
1954 births
Living people
Tieto-Finlandia Award winners
Cosmologists
21st-century Finnish physicists
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