Won ICTP Dirac Medal (2023).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #trophy
- #achievement
Figure timeline
Leonard Susskind
Leonard Susskind is an American theoretical physicist, professor of theoretical physics at Stanford University and founding director of the Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics. His research interests are string theory, quantum field theory, quantum statistical mechanics and quantum cosmology. He is a member of the US National Academy of Sciences, and the American Academy of Arts and Science…
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
science · American theoretical physicist (born 1940) · physicist · non-fiction writer · university teacher · scientist · string theorist · also Leonard Susskind, Lenny Susskind, L. Susskind, Susskind
Born 1 January 1940 · Q203243
15 published statements · 0 followers
See & hear
Photos & media
2 photos
Media from Wikimedia Commons, hotlinked at the source under its own licence — see each file for author and terms.
Live now
In the news
Pulling headlines from trusted outlets — this usually takes a few seconds
Checking the wires…
Feed scan
These are live links, not archived citations — they only join the timeline once a collect run verifies and archives them.
Live pulse
Recent highlights
Most recent outstanding titles, awards, and quotes
- Award
- Milestone
2023· 1 entry
2013· 1 entry
And presents the modern formulations of classical mechanics
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
2009· 1 entry
Career landmark: director (2009).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #milestone
2008· 1 entry
Awarded Pomeranchuk Prize (2008).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
2007· 1 entry
Susskind joined the faculty of Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, as an associate member
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
2006· 1 entry
“Interview with Leonard Susskind. Archived June 27, 2006, at the Wayback Machine”
- #wikiquote
- #quote
2004· 3 entries
Susskind responded, saying that the logic Smolin followed "can lead to ridiculous conclusions"
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
With Smolin's publication of "scientific alternatives to the anthropic principle"
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Between Lee Smolin and Susskind, concerning Smolin's argument that the "anthropic principle cannot yield any falsifiable predictions, and therefore cannot be a part of science"
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1998· 1 entry
Awarded Sakurai Prize (1998).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
1995· 1 entry
And the first to introduce the idea of the string theory landscape in 2003
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1981· 1 entry
When there was a meeting of physicists to try to decode some of the mysteries about how particles of particular elemental compounds function
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1980· 1 entry
“I was going to engineering school but fell in love with physics.”
- #wikiquote
- #saying
- #undated
- #lang:pt
1965· 1 entry
Studied at Cornell University, Doctor of Philosophy (1965).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #education
1940· 1 entry
Born 1940-01-01.
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #birth