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Adam Frank
Astrophysicist
Adam Frank is a professor of astrophysics at the University of Rochester and a leading expert on the final stages of evolution for stars like the sun. Frank's computational research group at the University of Rochester has developed advanced supercomputer tools for studying how stars form and how they die. A self-described “evangelist of science," he is the author of four books and the co-founder of 13.8, where he explores the beauty and power of science in culture with physicist Marcelo Gleiser.
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Reframing life in terms of death reveals some of the biggest philosophical problems with how we think about living systems.
What we call "basic research" is actually the most cutting-edge. It underpins knowledge, and without it, technology does not come into being.
Lasers are all around you. This ubiquitous technology came from our understanding of quantum physics.
Like humans, stars die. The James Webb Space Telescope's early images already give us a lot of information about how this happens.
Science and the sacred both allow us to retain our sense of wonder, even as disaster seems to swirl around us.
