Einstein’s Blunder

Posted on Jan 3, 2022 in Gresham College, Outreach, Public lecture, Science, Teaching
Einstein’s Blunder

A lecture given as Visiting Professor of Cosmology at Gresham College, part of the series “The Frontiers of Knowledge” When Albert Einstein tweaked his newly invented equations of General Relativity in 1917, he had one goal in mind: to find a solution that described a closed, static, eternal universe. He therefore minted a new universal […]

PhD projects for Oct 2014 entry

Posted on Feb 10, 2014 in Research, Teaching

For details about funding and how to apply, please visit this page. 1) Direct detection of dark matter and global fits  Identifying the nature of the dark matter (DM) that inhabits the Universe is arguably the most compelling undertaking in astrophysics and particle physics today. Current searches for DM include: – The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at […]