Michael Escott Ruse FRSC (1940–2024) was a British-born Canadian philosopher of science who specialized in the philosophy of biology and worked on the relationship between science and religion, the creation–evolution controversy, and the demarcation problem within science. Before coming to Florida State in 2000, Michael taught at the University of Guelph for 35 years. He…
John Lewis Heilbron was an American historian of science best known for his work in the history of physics and the history of astronomy. He was Professor of History and Vice-Chancellor Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley, senior research fellow at Worcester College, Oxford, and visiting professor at Yale University and the California Institute…
Stephen M. Barr is an American author and professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Delaware, and a member of its Bartol Research Institute. He is also President of the Society of Catholic Scientists. Barr does research in theoretical particle physics and cosmology. In 2011, he was elected Fellow of…
Dr. Giddings is a researcher and professor at the University of California at Santa Barbara, specializing in theoretical physics. His current research includes investigating the quantum nature of spacetime, and what happens to information that is sent into black holes. He studied mathematics and physics at the University of Utah, and then went to Princeton…
Carlo Rovelli is an Italian theoretical physicist at Centre de Physique Theorique de Luminy. His work is mainly in the field of quantum gravity, where he is among the founders of the loop quantum gravity theory. He has also worked in the history and philosophy of science. He collaborates regularly with several Italian newspapers, in…
Laura Mersini-Houghton is an Albanian-American cosmologist and theoretical physicist, and Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is a proponent of the multiverse hypothesis, which holds that our universe is one of many. She argues that anomalies in the current structure of the universe are best explained as the gravitational tug…
David Wallace is a Mellon Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh. Wallace’s original training was in theoretical physics: he took a Physics PhD at Oxford before his interests took him towards more conceptual and foundational questions in physics, and from there into philosophy. Wallace’s research interests are mostly in…
Max More is a philosopher and futurist who writes, speaks, and consults on advanced decision-making about emerging technologies. Born in Bristol, England, More has a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from St Anne’s College, Oxford. His 1995 University of Southern California doctoral dissertation “The Diachronic Self: Identity, Continuity, and Transformation” examined several issues that concern…
Ken Mogi is a Senior Researcher at Sony Computer Science Labs. Ken Mogi graduated from University of Tokyo, with a degree in Physics and Law. Then he studied biophysics at the graduate school of University of Tokyo, obtaining his Ph.D. in 1992. After doing research in Riken and University of Cambridge, he is now a…
Max Tegmark is Professor of Physics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He holds a BS in Physics and a BA in Economics from the Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden. He also earned a MA and PhD in physics from University of California, Berkeley. Tegmark later returned to Europe and accepted an appointment as a…
Venerable Dr. Yifa, PhD is a Taiwanese Buddhist nun, scholar, and writer. Ordained by the Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Order in 1979, Yifa holds a law degree from the Taiwan National University, a Master’s in Comparative Philosophy from the University of Hawaii and a doctorate in religious studies from Yale University. She served as a…
Kip Thorne is a theoretical physicist, known for his contributions in gravitational physics and astrophysics. He was the Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at the California Institute of Technology until 2009. Thorne received his BS degree from Caltech in 1962 and his PhD from Princeton University in 1965. After two years of postdoctoral study, Thorne…