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Alan Harvey Guth (/ ɡ uː θ /; born February 27, 1947) is an American theoretical physicist and cosmologist who is the Victor Weisskopf Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Along with Alexei Starobinsky and Andrei Linde, he won the 2014 Kavli Prize "for pioneering the theory of cosmic inflation."
Professor Alan Guth was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, in 1947. He grew up and attended the public schools in Highland Park, NJ, but skipped his senior year of high school to begin studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He remained at MIT from 1964 to 1971, acquiring SB, SM, and PhD degrees, all in physics.
Alan H. Guth (Photo credit: © Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)). I came to MIT as a freshman in 1964, and majored in physics. I was fascinated by the idea that the world could be described by precise mathematical laws, so I chose physics because it was the branch of science most closely connected with the quest to discover the ...
Alan H. Guth (Photo credit: © Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)). 2014 Kavli Prize in Astrophysics. Learn about Astrophysics. A native of New Jersey, Alan Guth skipped his final year of high school to begin studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1964.
The Founder of Cosmic Inflation Theory on Cosmology's Next Big Ideas - Scientific American. Physicist Alan Guth, the father of cosmic inflation theory, describes emerging ideas about where our...
American physicist Alan Guth was best known for proposing the theory of an inflationary universe, a variation of the big-bang model that was highly influential in guiding modern cosmological thought. Guth, who taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, earned several scientific awards for his work, including the Benjamin Franklin ...
office: 617-253-6265. guth@ctp.mit.edu. Physics Faculty Page. Professor Alan Guth was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, in 1947. He grew up and attended the public schools in Highland Park, NJ, but skipped his senior year of high school to begin studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He remained at MIT from 1964 to 1971 ...
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