Lee Smolin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Lee Smolin

American cosmologist

Date of Birth: 06-Jun-1955

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Profession: astronomer, physicist, university teacher, academic, non-fiction writer, theoretical physicist

Nationality: Canada, United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Lee Smolin (; born June 6, 1955) is an American theoretical physicist, a faculty member at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, an adjunct professor of physics at the University of Waterloo and a member of the graduate faculty of the philosophy department at the University of Toronto.
Smolin's 2006 book The Trouble with Physics criticized string theory as a viable scientific theory.
He has made contributions to quantum gravity theory, in particular the approach known as loop quantum gravity.
He advocates that the two primary approaches to quantum gravity, loop quantum gravity and string theory, can be reconciled as different aspects of the same underlying theory.
His research interests also include cosmology, elementary particle theory, the foundations of quantum mechanics, and theoretical biology.