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Alan Harvey Guth (/ ɡ uː θ /; born February 27, 1947) is an American theoretical physicist and cosmologist who is the Victor Weisskopf Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Alan Guth is a theoretical physicist who proposed the inflationary universe model in 1981. He has received numerous awards and honors for his contributions to cosmology and particle physics, and is currently working on the origins and implications of inflation.
Alan Guth, the MIT physicist who developed the theory of cosmic inflation, explains how it sets up the conditions for the big bang and raises questions about the origin and fate of the universe. He also discusses his work on primordial black holes, dark matter and eternal inflation.
Jun 30, 2014 · June 30, 2014. • 20 min read. At the end of a quiet, carpeted hallway in MIT's physics department, a display case stands empty outside the office of physicist Alan Guth. Framed in blond wood...
Alan Guth is a professor of physics at MIT and the inventor of the inflationary universe model. He has made significant contributions to particle physics, cosmology, and the study of quantum gravity.
Mar 20, 2014 · MIT physicist Alan Guth explains his 1980 theory of cosmic inflation, which describes the rapid expansion of the universe at its birth. He also discusses how the recent discovery of gravity waves by BICEP2 supports his theory and challenges the conventional Big Bang model.
Learn how Alan H. Guth, a physicist who won the 2014 Kavli Prize in Astrophysics, discovered the inflationary theory of the early universe. Read about his childhood, education, postdoc experiences, and the coincidences that led him to cosmology.
