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Lisa Joy Randall is an American theoretical physicist and Frank B. Baird, Jr. Professor of Science at Harvard University. Her research includes the fundamental forces of nature and dimensions of space. She studies the Standard Model, supersymmetry, possible solutions to the hierarchy problem concerning the relative weakness of gravity, cosmology of dimensions, baryogenesis, cosmological inflation,…
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Born 18 June 1962 · Q450404
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... I probably don't believe in God. I think it's a problem that people are considered immoral if they're not religious. That's just not true. This might earn me some enemies, but in some ways they may be even more moral. If you do something for a religious reason, you do it because you'll be rewarded in an afterlife or in this world. That's not quite as good as something you do for purely generous reasons.
Awarded Sakurai Prize (2019).
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“... I probably don't believe in God. I think it's a problem that people are considered immoral if they're not religious. That's just not true. This might earn me some enemies, but in some ways they may be even more moral. If you do something for a religious reason, you do it because you'll be rewarded in an afterlife or in this world. That's not quite as good as something you do for purely generous reasons.”
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Awarded Sakurai Prize (2019).
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Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship (2018).
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Wired: Lisa Randall: Atoms Only Make Up 5% of Our Universe. The Rest is Dark Matter and Energy
Awarded Julius Wess Prize (2015).
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Awarded Andrew Gemant Award (2012).
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Awarded Erna Hamburger Prize (2010).
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As well as Randall's lack of "Jew credit
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Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Antwerp (2007).
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Awarded Lilienfeld Prize (2007).
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Randall was named one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People (Time 100) under the section for "Scientists & Thinkers"
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Awarded Fellow of the American Physical Society (2003).
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Awarded Presidential Young Investigator Award (1992).
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Studied at Harvard University, Doctor of Philosophy (1987).
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And a PhD in theoretical particle physics in 1987 under Howard Georgi
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Where she was a classmate of fellow physicist and science popularizer Brian Greene
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Born 1962-06-18.
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Published “PROTEIN MEASUREMENT WITH THE FOLIN PHENOL REAGENT” in Journal of Biological Chemistry — cited 249,310 times.
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