Adam Frank

Adam Frank

Astrophysicist

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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.

the sun is setting over the ocean on a cloudy day.
Temperatures in the Sun's core exceed 10 million degrees Celsius. But how on Earth did we actually come to know that?
Science cannot help us understand or describe first-person experience. Zen koans are a powerful form for helping us reach that description.
Nothing in this Universe is eternal — not even the stars.
A red-orange background with atom-like scribbles
The answer to the age-old philosophical question of whether there is meaning in the Universe may ultimately rest upon the power of information.
John Templeton Foundation
Video games matter. Their continued technological and artistic development is reshaping the way we satisfy our ancient need to tell stories.