PHYSICS, ART, AND OTHER WAYS OF LOOKING: An Interview with Dr. Marcelo Gleiser

What lines can be drawn between literature and physics? How can we sync these fields to find new ways of exploring our minds and our humanity? Dr. Marcelo Gleiser, renowned theoretical physicist, professor, and winner of the Templeton Prize—an award for individuals who explore the deepest spiritual questions of our universe also granted to the Dalai Lama and Mother Teresa—speaks with the Napkin about imagined universes, doubt, and the intellectual history of the cosmos. In his work and university courses such as “Physics for Poets”, he asks, “How do science and religion converse with one another, or do they, and why should they do so? How does your personal history fit into this big conversation and how do you see you as a human being contributing to humanity in the decades to come?” Through Dr. Gleiser’s interdisciplinary research and outreach, we can learn more about approaching post-enlightenment realities as well as how to live our “fox” lives…

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