Alexander Vilenkin
Alexander Vilenkin | |
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| Олександр Віленкін; | |
Vilenkin at Harvard University, 2005 | |
| Born | May 13, 1949 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University at Buffalo |
| Known for | Eternal inflation Borde–Guth–Vilenkin theorem Cosmic strings |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physical cosmology |
| Institutions | Tufts University |
Alexander Vilenkin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Владимирович Виле́нкин; Ukrainian: Олександр Віленкін; born 13 May 1949) is the Leonard Jane Holmes Bernstein Professor of Evolutionary Science and Director of the Institute of Cosmology at Tufts University. A theoretical physicist who has been working in the field of cosmology for 25 years, Vilenkin has written over 260 publications.