Paul Steinhardt is a theoretical physicist and one of the architects of the “inflationary model” which says the universe began a rapid, accelerated expansion shortly after the Big Bang. He is the Albert Einstein Professor of Science and professor of theoretical physics at Princeton University.

Past Events

• Echoes from the Beginning: A Journey through Space and Time

  2008 Festival

  Our audience joined Science Friday’s Ira Flatow in conversation with leading cosmologists Lawrence Krauss, Paul Steinhardt, and Lyman Page, and historian of science Helge Kragh as they discussed and debated new advances that are shaping our understanding of the cosmic order and our place within it.

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