Jim Al-Khalili
Person on 4 sites
Jim Al-Khalili is an Iraqi-British theoretical physicist and science communicator, born in Baghdad in 1962.
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7 facts on wiqqi (opens wiqqi.app)
- Born: 20 September 1962, Baghdad (opens wiqqi.app)
- Education: BSc physics (1986) and PhD in nuclear reaction theory (1989), University of Surrey (opens wiqqi.app)
- Position: Professor of theoretical physics and chair in public engagement in science, University of Surrey (opens wiqqi.app)
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2 channels on ppll (opens ppll.app)
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4 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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There is a real public appetite for in-depth science such as quantum chromodynamics. (opens korrents.com)
“confirms what I’ve always suspected: there’s a real appetite for this stuff”
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Time travel to the future is possible by slowing time down through time dilation. (opens korrents.com)
“Time travel to the future is possible if we slow time down. This is called time dilation and it's a real thing.”
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The universe will most likely end in a Big Freeze rather than a Big Rip or Big Crunch. (opens korrents.com)
“It does hint at dark energy changing over time, but my money is still on a big freeze (not big rip or Big Crunch).”
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There is a real public appetite for in-depth science such as quantum chromodynamics. (opens korrents.com)
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2 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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Subtle is the Lord (opens rcmnd.app)
“Subtle is the Lord is a biography of Einstein.”
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The Emperor’s New Mind (opens rcmnd.app)
“I read The Emperor’s New Mind when I was either finishing or had just finished my PhD.”
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Subtle is the Lord (opens rcmnd.app)