Churchill College, Cambridge Imperial College London UCSB Fermilab
Known for
Ekpyrotic universe Brane cosmology Hawking–Turok instanton solutions African Institute for Mathematical Sciences
Awards
Maxwell Medal and Prize (1992)
Scientific career
Fields
Cosmology
Institutions
University of Edinburgh Princeton University University of Cambridge Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
Thesis
Strings and Solitons in Gauge Theories[1](1983)
Doctoral advisor
David Olive
Neil Geoffrey TurokOC HonFInstP (born 16 November 1958) is a South African physicist. He has held the Higgs Chair of Theoretical Physics at the University of Edinburgh since 2020,[2] and has been director emeritus of the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics since 2019.[3] He specializes in mathematical physics and early-universe physics, including the cosmological constant and a cyclic model for the universe.
^Neil Turok at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
^"Neil TUROK - Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics".
^"Perimeter Institute Director Emeritus Biography". Retrieved 6 November 2020.
Neil Geoffrey Turok OC HonFInstP (born 16 November 1958) is a South African physicist. He has held the Higgs Chair of Theoretical Physics at the University...
to PI from the Ministry of Research and Innovation. In May 2008, Dr. NeilTurok, a cosmologist, was appointed as Perimeter Institute's director replacing...
It was proposed in 2001 by Paul Steinhardt of Princeton University and NeilTurok of Cambridge University. The theory describes a universe exploding into...
Treason Trial. Turok married Mary Butcher, a politician and activist. They had three sons together: Fred Turok; Ivan Turok; and NeilTurok, a cosmologist...
Mary Elizabeth Turok (née Butcher) is a retired South African politician and former anti-apartheid activist who represented the African National Congress...
NeilTurok in 2003, while he was Chair of Mathematical Physics at Cambridge University. NeilTurok is the son of Ben Turok, an ANC MP. In 2008 Turok became...
established in 1957 and is published by Elsevier. The editor-in-chief is NeilTurok (University of Edinburgh School of Physics and Astronomy). The journal...
David Gross, Paul Steinhardt, Anna Ijjas, Abraham Loeb, David Spergel, NeilTurok, Viatcheslav Mukhanov, Michael S. Turner, Roger Penrose, George Ellis...
model was introduced by Justin Khoury, Burt Ovrut, Paul Steinhardt and NeilTurok in 2001. Steinhardt created the name based on the Ancient Greek word ekpyrosis...
topics. Endless Universe: Beyond the Big Bang (2007), co-authored with NeilTurok, describes the early struggles in challenging the widely accepted big...
and the ultra-exclusive McLaren F1 Roadcar Basil Schonland, physicist NeilTurok, cosmologist George F. R. Ellis, cosmologist Max Theiler, virologist;...
accumulate preferentially in galaxies and clusters..." Steinhardt, Paul J.; Turok, Neil (2006). "Why the cosmological constant is small and positive". Science...
the Moon weighs 80 times less than the Earth; John Huchra; physicist NeilTurok of Princeton University and physicist Alan Guth of MIT, and the universe's...
Bubbles nucleate in a spacetime foam. Cyclic model Paul Steinhardt; NeilTurok 2002 Expanding and contracting in cycles; M-theory. Two parallel orbifold...
Sibbett Dame Julia Slingo Sir Chris Llewellyn Smith Donna Strickland NeilTurok William Frank Vinen Sir Peter Williams Sir Robin Williams "Fellow (FInstP)"...
field theories Michael S. Turner (1949–) coined the term dark energy NeilTurok (1958–) predicted correlations between polarization and temperature anisotropy...
sciences founded by 2008 TED Prize winner and quantum physicist, Professor NeilTurok. "Miss Universe, Mpule Kwelagobe, Appointed UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador...
necessary to explain the origin of the universe. Later discussions with NeilTurok led to the realisation that the existence of God was also compatible with...
Tripathi – India (born 1948) John J. Turin – United States (1913–1973) NeilTurok – South Africa (born 1958) Victor Twersky – United States (1923–1998)...
Theoretical Physics, NeilTurok, and Destin Sandlin (Smarter Every Day). MinutePhysics also has made two videos that were narrated by Neil deGrasse Tyson and...
the distribution of matter in the observed universe. She worked with NeilTurok to demonstrate it is possible to use terrestrial lab-based experiments...
(King's) Roger Y. Tsien (Churchill), Nobel Prize winner Alan Turing (King's) NeilTurok (Churchill), mathematician William Tutte (Trinity) Stephen Tweedie (Churchill)...
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