Stories by Max Tegmark

Known as "Mad Max" for his unorthodox ideas and passion for adventure, Max Tegmark's scientific interests range from precision cosmology to the ultimate nature of reality, all explored in his new popular book, "Our Mathematical Universe." He is an MIT physics professor with more than 200 technical papers credit, and he has been featured in dozens of science documentaries. His work with the SDSS collaboration on galaxy clustering shared the first prize in Science magazine's "Breakthrough of the Year: 2003."

Medical & Biotech

Will AI Enable the Third Stage of Life on Earth?

In an excerpt from his new book, an MIT physicist explores the next stage of human evolution

August 29, 2017 — Max Tegmark

Policy & Ethics

Why 3,000 Scientists Think Nuclear Arsenals Make Us Less Safe

Despite what you hear in the news, an atomic war between the superpowers is still the biggest threat

May 26, 2017 — Max Tegmark

The Sciences

Big Bang Ripples Makes Waves in Cosmology: Now What?

The shock waves are still reverberating from BICEP2's bombshell announcement that they've discovered the holy grail of cosmology: the telltale signature of gravitational waves from inflation...

March 18, 2014 — Max Tegmark

Are Parallel Universes Unscientific Nonsense? Insider Tips for Criticizing the Multiverse

Although we dont know whether parallel universes exist, we know something else about them with certainty: many people instinctively dislike them, and whenever a physicist writes a book about them, the Web erupts with claims that they are unscientific nonsense...

February 4, 2014 — Max Tegmark

Tech

Is the Universe Made of Math? [Excerpt]

In this excerpt from his new book, Our Mathematical Universe, M.I.T. professor Max Tegmark explores the possibility that math does not just describe the universe, but makes the universe

January 10, 2014 — Max Tegmark

The Sciences

The Case for Parallel Universes

Why the multiverse, crazy as it sounds, is a solid scientific idea

July 19, 2011 — Alexander Vilenkin and Max Tegmark

Space

Parallel Universes

Not just a staple of science fiction, other universes are a direct implication of cosmological observations

April 14, 2003 — Max Tegmark

The Sciences

100 Years of Quantum Mysteries

As quantum theory celebrates its 100th birthday, spectacular successes are mixed with persistent puzzles

February 1, 2001 — Max Tegmark and John Archibald Wheeler