• Horizons 2019

    February 28 • David Kaiser, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology Professor of Physics and Professorof the History of Science Quantum Jitters in the Sky: The Big Bang, Cosmic Inflation,and the Latest Observations David Kaiser has been featured in Science, Nature, the New York Times, and the New Yorker magazine, as well as on NOVA television programs, National Public Radio, and the BBC. His research interests include early-universe cosmology and foundations of quantum theory. Many types of evidence suggest that our universe underwent a very brief period of rapid, violent expansion, doubling in size every trillion-trillion-trillionth of a second, in a period known as “cosmic inflation.” Dr. Kaiser will discuss how…