Stories by Robert B. Mann

Robert B. Mann is a professor and former chair of physics and astronomy at the University of Waterloo and an affiliate faculty member at the Perimeter Institute. A past president of the Canadian Association of Physicists and winner of two teaching awards, his interests include black holes and quantum information. Credit: Nick Higgins

The Sciences

The Black Hole at the Beginning of Time

Is the big bang, and all that came from it, a holographic mirage from another dimension?

November 28, 2015 — Niayesh Afshordi, Robert B. Mann and Razieh Pourhasan

Space

Whispers from Creation

The recent discovery of gravitational waves emerging from the big bang may point a way forward

August 13, 2014 — Niayesh Afshordi, Robert B. Mann and Razieh Pourhasan

Space

The Black Hole That Birthed the Big Bang

Is the big bang, and all that came from it, a holographic mirage from another dimension?

July 15, 2014 — Niayesh Afshordi, Robert B. Mann and Razieh Pourhasan