Marcelo Gleiser

Marcelo Gleiser

Theoretical Physicist

Marcelo Gleiser

Marcelo Gleiser is a professor of natural philosophy, physics, and astronomy at Dartmouth College. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, a recipient of the Presidential Faculty Fellows Award from the White House and NSF, and was awarded the 2019 Templeton Prize. Gleiser has authored five books and is the co-founder of 13.8, where he writes about science and culture with physicist Adam Frank.

quantum consciousness
Quantum mechanics + consciousness: There is nothing better than mixing two great mysteries to produce an even bigger one.
black holes
Science continues to amplify our view of reality.
free will
Many have argued that free will is an illusion, but science does not support that.
uncertainty
We pretend to be in control, but we have frighteningly little knowledge upon which to base our life’s decisions.
spooky action at a distance
Einstein hated "spooky action at a distance," but much to his chagrin, quantum mechanics remains as spooky as ever.
silence
The beauty of this magical medicine called silence is that it is available to all of us, even in cities, if only we care to listen.
Mediocrity principle
The mediocrity principle is often used to make claims about the abundance of life across the universe, but these claims are likely unfounded.
ultrarunning
Ultrarunning is a celebration of living and a rehearsal of dying all rolled up in a single intense experience.
Copernican principle
The Copernican principle states that Earth is an ordinary planet, but that does not mean that life is ordinary in the universe.
The upcoming launch of the James Webb Space Telescope is the event of a lifetime.
This short story is a fictional account of two very real people — Anaximander and Anaximenes, two ancient Greeks who tried to make sense of the universe.
Albert Einstein and his theory of general relativity continue to amaze us to this day.
What was the universe like one-trillionth of a second after the Big Bang? Science has an answer.
The great theoretical physicist Steven Weinberg passed away on July 23. This is our tribute.
Cross-disciplinary cooperation is needed to save civilization.
Quantum theory has weird implications. Trying to explain them just makes things weirder.
big bang expanding universe
Asking science to determine what happened before time began is like asking, "Who were you before you were born?"
Must a religious story be confirmed as a true fact to be effective and inspiring?