Marcelo Gleiser

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Marcelo Gleiser
Born	19 March 1959 (1959-03-19) (age 49) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Residence	Brazil
Nationality	Brazilian
Fields	Physics
Institutions	Dartmouth College Fermilab Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics NASA OTAN
Alma mater	Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro Federal University of Rio de Janeiro King's College, London
Religious stance	Atheist

Marcelo Gleiser (born 1959 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian physicist and astronomer. He received his bachelor's degree in 1981 from the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, his M.Sc. degree in 1982 from the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, and his Ph.D. in 1986 from King's College at the University of London. After this he worked as a postdoc at Fermilab until 1988 and from then until 1991 at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics. Since 1991, he has taught at Dartmouth College, where he was awarded the Appleton Professorship of Natural Philosophy in 1999, and is currently a professor of physics and astronomy.

Gleiser's current research interests include the physics of the early Universe and the astrophysics of compact objects.

Gleiser has also written two popular books on cosmology and religion, The Prophet and the Astronomer and The Dancing Universe. Gleiser writes a science column every Sunday in a supplement of the Folha de São Paulo newspaper. He has been awarded the José Reis Award for Divulgation of Science by the Brazilian National Research Council.

[edit] Bibliography

• The Prophet and the Astronomer: Apocalyptic Science and the End of the World, W. W. Norton & Company (July 21, 2003), ISBN 978-0-393-32431-0
• The Dancing Universe: From Creation Myths to the Big Bang , Plume (November 1, 1998), ISBN 978-0-452-27606-2
• A Harmonia Do Mundo, Companhia das Letras (2006), ISBN 978-8-535-90889-3

[edit] References

• Dartmouth College Department of Physics and Astronomy biography and CV
• Marcelo Gleiser's personal page at Dartmouth

[edit] External links

• Marcelo Gleiser's Question: Where Does Matter Come From?
• COMO DISTORCER A FÍSICA: CONSIDERAÇÕES SOBRE UM EXEMPLO DE DIVULGAÇÃO CIENTÍFICA - Some considerations of a Brazilian physicist regarding a number of scientific inaccuracies in Gleiser's book "The Dancing Universe" (in Portuguese)

Persondata
NAME	Gleiser, Marcelo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Brazilian-American physicist
DATE OF BIRTH	19 March 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH