Lawrence Maxwell Krauss (born May 27, 1954) is an American

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and

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who previously taught at

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Yale University Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wo ...

, and

Case Western Reserve University Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) is a private research university in Cleveland, Ohio. Case Western Reserve was established in 1967, when Western Reserve University, founded in 1826 and named for its location in the Connecticut Western Reser ...

. He founded ASU's Origins Project, now called ASU Interplanetary Initiative, to investigate fundamental questions about the universe and served as the project's director. Krauss is an advocate for

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, public policy based on sound

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, and

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. An

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, Krauss seeks to reduce the influence of what he regards as superstition and religious dogma in

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. Krauss is the author of several bestselling books, including ''

The Physics of Star Trek ''The Physics of Star Trek'' is a 1995 non-fiction book by the theoretical physicist Lawrence M. Krauss. It is the third book by Krauss, who later wrote a follow-up titled '' Beyond Star Trek'' in 1997. Overview Krauss discusses the physics in ...

'' (1995) and ''

A Universe from Nothing ''A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather than Nothing'' is a non-fiction book by the physicist Lawrence M. Krauss, initially published on January 10, 2012 by Free Press (publisher), Free Press. It discusses modern cosmogony and it ...

'' (2012), and chaired the ''

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'' Board of Sponsors. 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. Krauss continued as a Professor at ASU until retiring in May 2019. He currently serves as President of The Origins Project Foundation and as host of ''The Origins Podcast with Lawrence Krauss''.

Early life and education

Krauss was born on May 27, 1954, in

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, but spent his childhood in

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. He was raised in a household that was Jewish but not religious. Krauss received undergraduate degrees in

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and

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with

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Carleton University Carleton University is an English-language public research university in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1942 as Carleton College, the institution originally operated as a private, non-denominational evening college to serve returning World ...

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in 1977, and was awarded a Ph.D. in physics at the

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in 1982.

Career

After some time in the

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, Krauss became an assistant professor at

in 1985 and associate professor in 1988. He left Yale for

in 1993 when he was named the

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Professor of Physics, professor of

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, and chairman of the physics department until 2005. In 2006, Krauss led the initiative for the no-confidence vote against Case Western Reserve University's president Edward M. Hundert and provost

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by the College of Arts and Sciences faculty. On March 2, 2006, both no-confidence votes were carried: 131–44 against Hundert and 97–68 against Anderson. In August 2008, Krauss joined the faculty at

as a Foundation Professor in the School of Earth and Space Exploration at the Department of Physics in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. He also became the Director of the Origins Project, a university initiative "created to explore humankind's most fundamental questions about our origins". In 2009, he helped inaugurate this initiative at the Origins Symposium, in which eighty scientists participated and three thousand people attended. Donors to the Origins Project included a foundation called "Enhanced Education", run by the financier and sex-offender

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. In 2011, Krauss defended his association with Epstein, saying "As a scientist I always judge things on empirical evidence and he always has women ages 19 to 23 around him, but I've never seen anything else, so as a scientist, my presumption is that whatever the problems were I would believe him over other people." Krauss appears in the media both at home and abroad to facilitate public outreach in science. He has also written editorials for ''

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''. As a result of his appearance in 2002 before the state school board of

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, his opposition to

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has gained national prominence. Krauss attended and was a speaker at the Beyond Belief symposia in November 2006 and October 2008. He served on the science policy committee for

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's first (2008) presidential campaign and, also in 2008, was named co-president of the board of sponsors of the

. In 2010, he was elected to the board of directors of the

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, and in June 2011, he joined the professoriate of the

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, a private college in London. In 2013, he accepted a part-time professorship at the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics in the physics department of the

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. Krauss is a critic of

string theory In physics, string theory is a theoretical framework in which the point-like particles of particle physics are replaced by one-dimensional objects called strings. String theory describes how these strings propagate through space and interac ...

, which he discusses in his 2005 book '' Hiding in the Mirror''. In his 2012 book ''

'' Krauss says about string theory "we still have no idea if this remarkable theoretical edifice actually has anything to do with the real world". Released in March 2011, another book titled '' Quantum Man: Richard Feynman's Life in Science'', while ''

''with an afterword by

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was released in January 2012, and became a ''New York Times'' bestseller within a week. Originally, its foreword was to have been written by

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, but Hitchens grew too ill to complete it. The paperback version of the book appeared in January 2013 with a new question-and-answer section and a preface integrating the 2012 discovery of the

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at the

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. On March 21, 2017, his newest book, ''The Greatest Story Ever Told—So Far: Why Are We Here?'' was released in hardcover, paperback, and audio version. A July 2012 article in ''

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'', written by Krauss, indicates how the

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is related to our understanding of the

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. He also wrote a longer piece in ''The New York Times'' explaining the science behind and significance of the particle. In January 2019, Krauss became President of the Origins Project Foundation, a non-profit corporation intended to host public panel discussions on science, culture, and social issues. On June 21, 2019, a new video podcast, ''The Origins Podcast with Lawrence Krauss'', launched with Krauss as host. The first episodes included dialogues with Ricky Gervais, Noam Chomsky, and Jenny Boylan.

Scientific work

Krauss mostly works in

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and has published research on a variety of topics within that field. In 1995 he proposed that the energy-density of the universe was dominated by the energy of empty space. In 1998 this prediction was confirmed by two observational collaborations and in 2011 the Nobel Prize was awarded for their discovery. Krauss has formulated a model in which the Universe could have potentially come from "nothing", as outlined in his 2012 book ''

''. He explains that certain arrangements of relativistic quantum fields might explain the existence of the Universe as we know it while disclaiming that he "has no idea if the notion f taking quantum mechanics for grantedcan be usefully dispensed with". As his model appears to agree with experimental observations of the Universe (such as its shape and energy density), it is referred to by some as a "plausible hypothesis". His model has been criticized by cosmologist and theologian George Ellis, who said it "is not tested science" but "philosophical speculation". Initially, Krauss was skeptical of the existence of the

. However, after it was detected by

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, he has been researching the implications of the Higgs field on the nature of

dark energy In physical cosmology and astronomy, dark energy is an unknown form of energy that affects the universe on the largest scales. The first observational evidence for its existence came from measurements of supernovas, which showed that the univer ...

Activism

Krauss has argued that

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debates in the United States should have a greater focus on science. He criticized Republican presidential candidate

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's statements on science, writing that Carson's remarks "suggest he never learned or chooses to ignore basic, well-tested scientific concepts". Krauss has described himself as an

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and takes part in public debates on religion. Krauss is featured in the 2013 documentary '' The Unbelievers'', in which he and

travel across the globe speaking publicly about the importance of science and reason as opposed to religion and superstition. He has participated in many debates with religious

apologists Apologetics (from Greek , "speaking in defense") is the religious discipline of defending religious doctrines through systematic argumentation and discourse. Early Christian writers (c. 120–220) who defended their beliefs against critics and ...

, including

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A universe from nothing? Putting the Krauss-Craig debate into perspective
by Luke Barnes, August 13, 2013 and John Lennox. In his book '' A Universe from Nothing: Why There is Something Rather than Nothing'' (2012), Krauss discusses the premise that something cannot come from nothing, which has often been used as an argument for the existence of a

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. He has since argued in a debate with John Ellis and

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that the laws of physics allow for the Universe to be created from nothing. "What would be the characteristics of a universe that was created from nothing, just with the laws of physics and without any supernatural shenanigans? The characteristics of the universe would be precisely those of the ones we live in." In an interview with ''

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'', however, he states that he has never claimed that "questions about origins are over". According to Krauss, "I don't ever claim to resolve that infinite regress of why-why-why-why-why; as far as I'm concerned it's turtles all the way down". With the publication of his newest book, ''The Physics of Climate Change'' (2021), Krauss is urging the use of science, and not politics, ideology, or emotion, to steer the public debate on how to address climate change.

Honors

In an interview with Krauss in the ''

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'', science writer

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called Krauss "one of the few top physicists who is also known as a

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." Krauss is one of very few to have received awards from all three major American physics societies: the

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, the

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, and the

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. In 2012, he was awarded the

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's Public Service Medal for his contributions to

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in science and engineering in the United States.

Relationship with Jeffrey Epstein

Krauss helped to organize a 2006 conference on gravity, funded by

. The conference was held on St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Krauss defended Epstein after his 2008 guilty plea of procuring for prostitution a girl below age 18. In 2011, Krauss told an interviewer, "As a scientist I always judge things on empirical evidence and he always has women ages 19 to 23 around him, but I've never seen anything else, so as a scientist, my presumption is that whatever the problems were I would believe him over other people...I don't feel tarnished in any way by my relationship with Jeffrey; I feel raised by it." Harvard Professor

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said that Krauss was one of several colleagues who invited him to "salons and coffee klatsches" that included Epstein.

Allegations of sexual misconduct

In a February 2018 article describing allegations that "range from offensive comments to groping and non-consensual sexual advances",

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reported a variety of sexual misconduct claims against Krauss, including two complaints from his years at Case Western Reserve University. Krauss responded that the article was "slanderous" and "factually incorrect". In a public statement, he apologized to anyone he made feel intimidated or uncomfortable, but stated that the BuzzFeed article "ignored counter-evidence, distorted the facts and made absurd claims about im" ASU stated that they had not received complaints from faculty, staff, or students before the BuzzFeed article but subsequently began an internal investigation regarding an accusation that Krauss grabbed a woman's breast while at a convention in Australia.Wadman, Meredith (2018
"University finds prominent astrophysicist Lawrence Krauss grabbed a woman's breast."
''Science'' Aug. 3. doi:10.1126/science.aav0010 Investigators interviewed two eyewitnesses, and two other witnesses who immediately spoke with the unnamed woman. The witnesses described the woman as troubled and shocked. The woman told investigators that "she did not feel victimized, felt it was a clumsy interpersonal interaction and thought she had handled it in the moment." ASU found that the

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suggested that Krauss had violated the university's policy against sexual harassment by grabbing a woman's breast without her permission. As a result, Krauss was not renewed as Director of the Origins Project and the University moved its staff to a project run by planetary scientist

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, formally ending the Origins project. In response to the University determination, Krauss produced a 51-page appeal document responding to the allegations, including a counter-claim that a photo claimed to be of Krauss grabbing a woman's breast was actually showing his hand moving away from the woman. Several organizations also canceled scheduled talks by Krauss. Krauss resigned from the position of chair of the ''

'' Board of Sponsors when informed that its other members felt his presence was distracting "from the ability of the Bulletin to effectively carry out tswork". Krauss retired from ASU at the end of the 2018–2019 academic year.

Bibliography

Krauss has authored or co-authored more than three hundred scientific studies and review articles on cosmology and theoretical physics.

Books

* ''

The Fifth Essence ''The Fifth Essence: The Search for the Dark Matter in the Universe'' is the debut book by the American physicist Lawrence M. Krauss, published in 1989. Krauss talks about dark matter and its importance to our understanding of the universe. The ...

'' (1989), Basic Books, * '' Fear of Physics: A Guide for the Perplexed'' (1994), Basic Books, * ''

'' (1996), Basic Books, * '' Beyond Star Trek: Physics from Alien Invasions to the End of Time'' (1998), Harper Collins, * '' Quintessence: The Search for Missing Mass in the Universe'' (2000), Basic Books, * '' Atom: An Odyssey from the Big Bang to Life on Earth...and Beyond'' (2001), Black Bay, * '' Hiding in the Mirror: The Mysterious Allure of Extra Dimensions, from Plato to String Theory and Beyond'' (2005), Viking, * '' Quantum Man: Richard Feynman's Life in Science'' (2011), Norton and Co. * '' A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing'' (2012), Atria Books, * '' The Greatest Story Ever Told—So Far: Why Are We Here?'' (2017), Atria Books, * '' The Physics of Climate Change'' (2021), Post Hill Press, * '' The Known Unknowns'' (2023), Head of Zeus/Apollo, / The Edge of Knowledge'' (2023), Post Hill Press,

Contributor

* ''100 Things to Do Before You Die (plus a few to do afterwards)''. 2004. Profile Books. * ''The Religion and Science Debate: Why Does It Continue?'' 2009. Yale Press.

Articles

* The Energy of Empty Space that isn't Zero. 2006. Edge.org * A dark future for cosmology. 2007. ''Physics World''. * The End of Cosmology. 2008. ''Scientific American''. * The return of a static universe and the end of cosmology. 2008. ''International Journal of Modern Physics''. * Late time behavior of false vacuum decay: Possible implications for cosmology and metastable inflating states. 2008. ''Physical Review Letters''. * The Cosmological Constant is Back, with M. S. Turner, Gen.Rel.Grav.27:1137–1144, 1995 *

Media

Documentary films

* '' The Unbelievers'' (2013) * ''

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'' (2014) * (2016) * ''

Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World ''Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World'' is a 2016 American documentary film directed by Werner Herzog. In it, Herzog ponders the existential impact of the Internet, robotics, artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, and more on h ...

'' (2016) * ''

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'' (2017)

Television

* ''

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'' (2010–2018)

Films

* ''

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'' (2015) (cameo) * ''

Salt and Fire ''Salt and Fire'' is a 2016 thriller film written and directed by Werner Herzog. The film stars Michael Shannon, Veronica Ferres, and Gael García Bernal. It tells the story about a hostage-taking situation set against an ecological disaster in ...

'' (2016) * '' Intersect'' (2020)

Awards

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First Prize Award in the 1984 Essay Competition * Presidential Investigator Award (1986) *

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's Award for the Public Understanding of Science and Technology (2000) *

Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Prize The Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Prize of the American Physical Society, to remember Julius Edgar Lilienfeld, has been awarded annually, since 1989. (It was not awarded in 2002). The purpose of the Prize is to recognize outstanding contributions to phy ...

(2001) *

Andrew Gemant Award The Andrew Gemant Award is a prize awarded by the American Institute of Physics to a person who has made substantial cultural, artistic, or humanistic contributions to physics. The award is named after Andrew Gemant, a pioneer in materials scie ...

(2001) *

Science Writing Award (2002) *

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(2003) *

Joseph A. Burton Forum Award (2005) *

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World Congress Science in the Public Interest Award (2009) *

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Prize of the

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and the Astronomical Society of Canada (2009) * ''

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'' Book of the Year 2011 for Quantum Man *

2012 Public Service Award and Medal (2012) * Premio Roma "Urbs Universalis", Rome (2013) * Elected as Laureate of the

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(2013) * AFO (Academia Film Olomouc) Award for Outstanding Personal Contribution to the Popularization of Science, 49th Annual AFO Festival April 19, 2014. Olomouc, Czech Republic *

First Prize Award in the 2014 Essay Competition * Humanist of the Year, 2015,

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Richard Dawkins Award The Richard Dawkins Award is an annual prize awarded by the Center for Inquiry (CFI). It was established in 2003 and was initially awarded by the Atheist Alliance of America coordinating with Richard Dawkins and the Richard Dawkins Foundation ...

2016,

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* Emperor Has No Clothes Award 2016,

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* Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award 2019.

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Lawrence Krauss at Origins Project Foundation

Articles
on the ''Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists''
Articles
on ''The New Yorker''
Lawrence Krauss interviewed by Bill Ludlow, February 26, 2019
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