Stories by Lee Smolin

Lee Smolin is a senior and founding faculty member at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Ontario, and adjunct professor of physics at the University of Waterloo. In addition to his work on quantum gravity, he is interested in elementary particle physics, cosmology and the foundation of quantum theory. His latest book is Einstein’s Unfinished Revolution, published in 2019 by Penguin.

Quantum Physics

Space: The Final Illusion

The intuitive idea that objects influence each other because they are in physical proximity is soon to become another of those beliefs that turn out to be wrong when we look deeper

April 4, 2019 — Lee Smolin | Opinion

Space & Physics

Spacetime Is Not Necessarily Continuous

We perceive space and time to be continuous, but if the amazing theory of loop quantum gravity is correct, they actually come in discrete pieces

November 21, 2014 — Lee Smolin

The Sciences

Atoms of Space and Time

We perceive space and time to be continuous, but if the amazing theory of loop quantum gravity is correct, they actually come in discrete pieces

February 1, 2006 — Lee Smolin

The Sciences

Atoms of Space and Time

We perceive space and time to be continuous, but if the amazing theory of loop quantum gravity is correct, they actually come in discrete pieces

January 1, 2006 — Lee Smolin

The Sciences

Atoms of Space and Time

We perceive space and time to be continuous, but if the amazing theory of loop quantum gravity is correct, they actually come in discrete pieces

December 15, 2003 — Lee Smolin