Marcelo Gleiser
Theoretical Physicist & Astronomer, Dartmouth College
關於
Marcelo Gleiser (born 1959) is a Brazilian-American theoretical physicist and astronomer, the Appleton Professor of Natural Philosophy at Dartmouth College, where he has taught since 1991. His research spans cosmology, nonlinear field theory, and the origin of life, including the co-discovery of oscillons and early work applying information theory to measure complexity in nature. He is also a prominent public intellectual on the relationship between science, philosophy, and religion, and in 2019 received the Templeton Prize for his work on humanity's search for meaning. His books — including The Island of Knowledge and The Blind Spot (2024, with Adam Frank and Evan Thompson) — argue that science cannot fully escape the human experience from which it is conducted, a theme that bears directly on debates about machine intelligence and what knowing means.
主要貢獻
- Received the 2019 Templeton Prize for work on science, philosophy, and the search for meaning
- Co-discovered oscillons, long-lived time-dependent configurations in nonlinear field theory
- Co-authored The Blind Spot (2024) with Adam Frank and Evan Thompson on science's neglect of human experience
- Wrote The Island of Knowledge, on the inherent limits of scientific knowledge
- Founded Dartmouth's Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Engagement to bridge the sciences and humanities
