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'''Neil Geoffrey Turok''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|OC|HonFInstP}} (born 16 November 1958) is a South African [[physicist]]. He has held the Higgs Chair of Theoretical Physics at the [[University of Edinburgh]] since 2020,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://higgs.ph.ed.ac.uk/people/turok-neil/ | title=Neil TUROK - Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics | date=26 June 2019 }}</ref> and has been director emeritus of the [[Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics]] since 2019.<ref name="perimeter">{{Cite web|url=https://perimeterinstitute.ca/people/Neil-Turok|access-date=2020-11-06|title=Perimeter Institute Director Emeritus Biography}}</ref> He specializes in mathematical physics and early-universe physics, including the [[cosmological constant]] and a [[cyclic model]] for the universe.


==Early life and career==
'''Neil Geoffrey Turok''' a.k.a Joshua Fireseed, holds the Chair of Mathematical Physics (1967) at [[Cambridge University]]. He was born in 1958 in Johannesburg, South Africa, the son of Mary and [[Ben Turok]], activists in the anti-apartheid movement and the [[African National Congress]].
Turok was born on 16 November 1958<ref>{{cite book | title = Nothing But the Truth: Behind the ANC's Struggle Politics | page = 42 | first = Ben | last = Turok | author-link = Ben Turok | publisher = [[Jonathan Ball Publishers]] | date = 2003 | isbn = 1868421767|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-QVzAAAAMAAJ}}</ref> in [[Johannesburg]], [[Union of South Africa|South Africa]], to [[Mary Turok]] and Byelorussian-born [[Ben Turok]], who were activists in the [[Internal resistance to South African apartheid|anti-apartheid movement]] and the [[African National Congress]].


After graduating from [[Churchill College]], Cambridge, Neil gained his doctorate from [[Imperial College]], London, under the supervision of Professor David Olive, one of the inventors of [[superstring theory]]. After a postdoctoral post at Santa Barbara, he was an associate scientist at [[Fermilab]], Chicago. In 1992 he was awarded the [[James Clerk Maxwell]] medal of the [[Institute of Physics]] for his contributions to theoretical physics. In 1994 he was appointed Professor of Physics at [[Princeton University]], and before moving to his current position in 1997.
After graduating from [[Churchill College]], Cambridge, Turok gained his doctorate from [[Imperial College]], London, under the supervision of [[David Olive]], one of the inventors of [[superstring theory]]. After a postdoctoral post at Santa Barbara, he was an associate scientist at [[Fermilab]], Illinois.


In 1992 he was awarded the [[Maxwell Medal and Prize|Maxwell medal]] of the [[Institute of Physics]] for his contributions to theoretical physics. In 1994 he was appointed Professor of Physics at [[Princeton University]], then held the [[Chair of Mathematical Physics at the University of Cambridge]] starting in 1997. He was appointed Director of the [[Perimeter Institute]] in 2008.<ref name="perimeter" /> In 2020, Turok was appointed as the Inaugural Higgs Chair of Theoretical Physics at the [[University of Edinburgh]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ph.ed.ac.uk/news/2020/neil-turok-the-inaugural-higgs-chair-of-theoretical-physics-brings-in-new-focus-on-the-quantum-20-01-23|title = Neil Turok, the Inaugural Higgs Chair of Theoretical Physics, brings in new focus on the quantum universe| date=23 January 2020 }}</ref>
Turok has worked in a number of areas of mathematical physics and early universe physics, focusing on observational tests of fundamental physics in [[physical cosmology|cosmology]]. In the early 90's his group showed how the polarisation and temperature anisotropies of the [[cosmic background radiation]] would be correlated, a prediction which has been confirmed in detail by recent precision measurements by the [[WMAP]] satellite. They also developed a key test for the presence of a [[cosmological constant]], also recently confirmed. Turok and collaborators developed the theory of open inflation. With [[Stephen Hawking]], he later developed the so-called Hawking-Turok instanton solutions which, according to the no-boundary proposal of Hawking and [[James Hartle]], can describe the birth of an [[inflationary universe]].


==Research and other contributions==
Most recently, with [[Paul Steinhardt]] at Princeton, Turok has been developing a [[cyclic model]] for the universe, in which the big bang is explained as a collision between two "brane-worlds" in [[M theory]]. The predictions of this model are in agreement with current cosmological data, but there are interesting differences with the predictions of cosmological inflation which will be probed by future experiments. In 2006, Steinhardt and Turok showed how the cyclic model could naturally incorporate a mechanism for relaxing the [[cosmological constant]] to very small values, consistent with current observations.
Turok has worked in a number of areas of mathematical physics and early universe physics, focusing on observational tests of fundamental physics in [[physical cosmology|cosmology]]. In the early 1990s, his group showed how the polarisation and temperature anisotropies of the [[Cosmic microwave background]] would be correlated, a prediction which has been confirmed in detail by recent precision measurements by the [[WMAP]] spacecraft. They also developed a key test for the presence of a [[cosmological constant]], also recently confirmed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/1112693405/dark-energy-universe-expansion-rate-is-real-091312/|date=2012|access-date=2012-11-02|title=Dark Energy Almost 100 Percent Proven}}</ref>
[[File:NeilTurok1990.jpg|thumb|left|Turok circa 1990]]


Turok and collaborators developed the theory of open inflation. With [[Stephen Hawking]], he later developed the so-called Hawking-Turok [[instanton]] solutions which, according to the no-boundary proposal of Hawking and [[James Hartle]], can describe the birth of an [[inflationary universe]].
In 2003, Professor Turok founded the [[African Institute for Mathematical Sciences]] in [[Muizenberg]], a postgraduate educational centre supporting the development of mathematics and science across the African continent.

Together with Justin Khoury, [[Burt Ovrut]] and [[Paul Steinhardt]], Turok introduced the notion of
the [[Ekpyrotic Universe]], "... a cosmological model in which the hot big bang universe is produced by the collision of a [[brane]] in the bulk space with a bounding orbifold plane, beginning from an otherwise cold, vacuous, static universe".<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Khoury | first1 = J. | last2 = Ovrut | first2 = B.| last3 = Steinhardt | first3 = P. J. | year = 2001 | title = The Ekpyrotic Universe: Colliding Branes and the Origin of the Hot Big Bang | url = http://journals.aps.org/prd/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevD.64.123522 | journal = Phys. Rev. D | volume = 64 | issue=12 | page = 123522 | doi = 10.1103/PhysRevD.64.123522 |arxiv = hep-th/0103239 |bibcode = 2001PhRvD..64l3522K | s2cid = 374628 }}</ref>
Most recently, with [[Paul Steinhardt]] at Princeton, Turok has been developing a [[cyclic model]] for the universe, in which the big bang is explained as a collision between two "brane-worlds" in [[M theory]]. The predictions of this model are in agreement with current cosmological data, but there are interesting differences with the predictions of cosmological inflation which will be probed by future experiments (probably by the [[Planck (spacecraft)|Planck]] space observatory). In 2006, Steinhardt and Turok showed how the cyclic model could naturally incorporate a mechanism for relaxing the [[cosmological constant]] to very small values, consistent with current observations. In 2007, Steinhardt and Turok co-authored the popular science book ''Endless Universe''.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Steinhardt|first1=Paul J. |last2=Turok|first2=Neil |title=Endless Universe: Beyond the Big Bang|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JwYiPQAACAAJ|year=2008|publisher=Phoenix|isbn=978-0-7538-2442-9}}</ref> In 2012, Turok's [[Massey Lectures]] were published as ''The Universe Within: from Quantum to Cosmos''.<ref>{{cite web|title=House of Anansi: The Universe Within|url=http://www.houseofanansi.com/The-Universe-Within-P1853.aspx|access-date=30 May 2012|archive-date=29 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140529052842/http://www.houseofanansi.com/The-Universe-Within-P1853.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2003, Turok founded the [[African Institute for Mathematical Sciences]] in [[Muizenberg]], a postgraduate educational centre supporting the development of mathematics and science across the African continent.<ref name="Turok2011">{{cite journal|last1=Turok|first1=Neil|title=Africa AIMS high |journal=Nature |volume=474|issue=7353 |year=2011|pages=567–569|issn=0028-0836 |doi=10.1038/474567a|pmid=21720344|s2cid=205065526|doi-access=free}}</ref>

==Awards and honours==
He was awarded the 2008 [[TED (conference)|TED]] Prize for his work in mathematical physics and in establishing the [[African Institute for Mathematical Sciences]] in [[Muizenberg]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://blog.ted.com/2007/11/announcing_2008.php|date=2007|access-date=2007-11-21|title=TED Blog: Announcing 2008 TED Prize Winners|archive-date=23 December 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091223041906/http://blog.ted.com/2007/11/announcing_2008.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> He also received a "Most Innovative People Award," for Social Innovation, at the World Summit on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (WSIE) in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thewsie.org/prologue.html|date=2012|access-date=2012-11-02|title=World Summit on Innovation and Entrepreneurship|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014184400/http://www.thewsie.org/prologue.html|archive-date=2012-10-14}}</ref>

On 9 May 2008, [[Mike Lazaridis]] announced that Turok would become the new Executive Director of the [[Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics]] starting on 1 October 2008.

In 2010 Turok received a prize from the [[World Innovation Summit for Education]] in Qatar<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.wise-qatar.org/node/1306|title=Learning World: Dancing into the Future|work=www.wise-qatar.org|access-date=2017-11-14|language=en}}</ref> and an award from the [[South African Mathematical Society]].<ref name=SAMS /> In 2011 Turok received an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Ottawa.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.media.uottawa.ca/mediaroom/news-details_2340.html|date=2011|access-date=2011-06-09|title=190th University of Ottawa Convocation: Exceptional students and outstanding personalities honoured|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714070716/http://www.media.uottawa.ca/mediaroom/news-details_2340.html|archive-date=2011-07-14}}</ref>

On 3 November 2011, Turok was selected to deliver the [[Massey Lectures]] for the 2012 season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/episodes/massey-lectures/2012/11/12/the-2012-cbc-massey-lecture-the-universe-within/|date=2012|access-date=2012-11-02|title=The 2012 CBC Massey Lectures, "The Universe Within: From Quantum to Cosmos}}</ref> This involves five separate lectures to be delivered in various locations across Canada in October 2012, aired on CBC's ''[[Ideas (radio show)|Ideas]]'' shortly thereafter.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/you-dont-understand-quantum-physics-neil-turok-will-help-you/article4610576/|date=2012|access-date=2012-11-02|title=You don't understand quantum theory? Neil Turok will help you}}</ref>

Turok received an honorary doctorate from [[Heriot-Watt University]] in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hw.ac.uk/news/archive/2012/higgs-boson-scientist.htm|title=Higgs Boson Scientist Awarded Heriot-Watt honorary degree|website=Heriot-Watt University|language=en-GB|access-date=2016-03-29}}</ref>

In 2012 Turok was the recipient of the [[Lane Anderson Award]] for his book ''The Universe Within: From Quantum to Cosmos.''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Past Winners and Finalists|url=http://laneandersonaward.ca/past-winners/|access-date=2021-04-27|website=Lane Anderson Award|language=en-US}}</ref>

Turok was awarded the honorary degrees of Doctor of Science, ''honoris causa'' from [[UCLouvain]] (4 February 2019), [[Saint Mary's University (Halifax)|Saint Mary's University]] (16 May 2014),<ref name="smu._SMUN">{{Cite web | title = Five Exemplary Leaders to Receive Honorary Degrees from Saint Mary's University | work = smu.ca | date = 5 May 2014 | access-date = 2016-03-22 | url = https://www.smu.ca/about/news/2014/five-exemplary-leaders-to-receive-honorary-degrees-from-saint-marys-university.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160410032122/http://www.smu.ca/about/news/2014/five-exemplary-leaders-to-receive-honorary-degrees-from-saint-marys-university.html | archive-date = 10 April 2016 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (9 April 2014)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.nmmu.ac.za/News/Acclaimed-physicist-to-receive-honorary-doctorate |title=Acclaimed physicist to receive honorary doctorate from NMMU |access-date=2015-10-25 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909014925/http://news.nmmu.ac.za/News/Acclaimed-physicist-to-receive-honorary-doctorate |archive-date=9 September 2015 }}</ref> and [[Stellenbosch University]] (26 March 2015).<ref name=SAMS>{{cite web |url=http://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=2334 |title=SAMS Award for Profs Hahne and Turok |access-date=2015-03-26 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110129021038/http://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=2334 |archive-date=29 January 2011 }}</ref>

Turok was awarded the 2016 John Torrence Tate Award at the 2016 SPS Quadrennial Congress in San Francisco.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cosmologist Neil Turok wins 2016 Tate Medal for International Leadership in Physics|url=http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-03/aiop-cnt030216.php|access-date=2021-04-27|website=EurekAlert!|language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/ngt1000/ Neil Turok's home page]
* [http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/people/neil-turok Neil Turok's home page]
* [http://www.aims.ac.za African Institute for Mathematical Sciences]
* [http://www.aims.ac.za African Institute for Mathematical Sciences]
* [http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics]
* http://news.nmmu.ac.za/News/Acclaimed-physicist-to-receive-honorary-doctorate {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909014925/http://news.nmmu.ac.za/News/Acclaimed-physicist-to-receive-honorary-doctorate |date=9 September 2015 }}
* [https://www.sms.cam.ac.uk/media/1134013 Interviewed by Tina Kosir on 19 February 2008 (video)]
* [https://www.sms.cam.ac.uk/media/2531460 Interviewed by Alan Macfarlane 27 April 2017 (video)]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J72Z2piH1hM&t=6275s Interviewed by Dr. Brian Greene], 26 December 2024 (video)


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Neil Turok
OC HonFInstP
Turok in 2008
Born
Neil Geoffrey Turok

(1958-11-16) 16 November 1958 (age 66)
Johannesburg, South Africa
Alma materChurchill College, Cambridge
Imperial College London
UCSB
Fermilab
Known forEkpyrotic universe
Brane cosmology
Hawking–Turok instanton solutions
African Institute for Mathematical Sciences
AwardsMaxwell Medal and Prize (1992)
Scientific career
FieldsCosmology
InstitutionsUniversity of Edinburgh
Princeton University
University of Cambridge
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
Thesis Strings and Solitons in Gauge Theories[1]  (1983)
Doctoral advisorDavid Olive

Neil Geoffrey Turok OC HonFInstP (born 16 November 1958) is a South African physicist. He has held the Higgs Chair of Theoretical Physics at the University of Edinburgh since 2020,[2] and has been director emeritus of the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics since 2019.[3] He specializes in mathematical physics and early-universe physics, including the cosmological constant and a cyclic model for the universe.

Early life and career

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Turok was born on 16 November 1958[4] in Johannesburg, South Africa, to Mary Turok and Byelorussian-born Ben Turok, who were activists in the anti-apartheid movement and the African National Congress.

After graduating from Churchill College, Cambridge, Turok gained his doctorate from Imperial College, London, under the supervision of David Olive, one of the inventors of superstring theory. After a postdoctoral post at Santa Barbara, he was an associate scientist at Fermilab, Illinois.

In 1992 he was awarded the Maxwell medal of the Institute of Physics for his contributions to theoretical physics. In 1994 he was appointed Professor of Physics at Princeton University, then held the Chair of Mathematical Physics at the University of Cambridge starting in 1997. He was appointed Director of the Perimeter Institute in 2008.[3] In 2020, Turok was appointed as the Inaugural Higgs Chair of Theoretical Physics at the University of Edinburgh.[5]

Research and other contributions

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Turok has worked in a number of areas of mathematical physics and early universe physics, focusing on observational tests of fundamental physics in cosmology. In the early 1990s, his group showed how the polarisation and temperature anisotropies of the Cosmic microwave background would be correlated, a prediction which has been confirmed in detail by recent precision measurements by the WMAP spacecraft. They also developed a key test for the presence of a cosmological constant, also recently confirmed.[6]

Turok circa 1990

Turok and collaborators developed the theory of open inflation. With Stephen Hawking, he later developed the so-called Hawking-Turok instanton solutions which, according to the no-boundary proposal of Hawking and James Hartle, can describe the birth of an inflationary universe.

Together with Justin Khoury, Burt Ovrut and Paul Steinhardt, Turok introduced the notion of the Ekpyrotic Universe, "... a cosmological model in which the hot big bang universe is produced by the collision of a brane in the bulk space with a bounding orbifold plane, beginning from an otherwise cold, vacuous, static universe".[7] Most recently, with Paul Steinhardt at Princeton, Turok has been developing a cyclic model for the universe, in which the big bang is explained as a collision between two "brane-worlds" in M theory. The predictions of this model are in agreement with current cosmological data, but there are interesting differences with the predictions of cosmological inflation which will be probed by future experiments (probably by the Planck space observatory). In 2006, Steinhardt and Turok showed how the cyclic model could naturally incorporate a mechanism for relaxing the cosmological constant to very small values, consistent with current observations. In 2007, Steinhardt and Turok co-authored the popular science book Endless Universe.[8] In 2012, Turok's Massey Lectures were published as The Universe Within: from Quantum to Cosmos.[9]

In 2003, Turok founded the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences in Muizenberg, a postgraduate educational centre supporting the development of mathematics and science across the African continent.[10]

Awards and honours

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He was awarded the 2008 TED Prize for his work in mathematical physics and in establishing the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences in Muizenberg.[11] He also received a "Most Innovative People Award," for Social Innovation, at the World Summit on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (WSIE) in 2008.[12]

On 9 May 2008, Mike Lazaridis announced that Turok would become the new Executive Director of the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics starting on 1 October 2008.

In 2010 Turok received a prize from the World Innovation Summit for Education in Qatar[13] and an award from the South African Mathematical Society.[14] In 2011 Turok received an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Ottawa.[15]

On 3 November 2011, Turok was selected to deliver the Massey Lectures for the 2012 season.[16] This involves five separate lectures to be delivered in various locations across Canada in October 2012, aired on CBC's Ideas shortly thereafter.[17]

Turok received an honorary doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in 2012.[18]

In 2012 Turok was the recipient of the Lane Anderson Award for his book The Universe Within: From Quantum to Cosmos.[19]

Turok was awarded the honorary degrees of Doctor of Science, honoris causa from UCLouvain (4 February 2019), Saint Mary's University (16 May 2014),[20] the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (9 April 2014)[21] and Stellenbosch University (26 March 2015).[14]

Turok was awarded the 2016 John Torrence Tate Award at the 2016 SPS Quadrennial Congress in San Francisco.[22]

References

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  1. ^ Neil Turok at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  2. ^ "Neil TUROK - Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics". 26 June 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Perimeter Institute Director Emeritus Biography". Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  4. ^ Turok, Ben (2003). Nothing But the Truth: Behind the ANC's Struggle Politics. Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 42. ISBN 1868421767.
  5. ^ "Neil Turok, the Inaugural Higgs Chair of Theoretical Physics, brings in new focus on the quantum universe". 23 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Dark Energy Almost 100 Percent Proven". 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  7. ^ Khoury, J.; Ovrut, B.; Steinhardt, P. J. (2001). "The Ekpyrotic Universe: Colliding Branes and the Origin of the Hot Big Bang". Phys. Rev. D. 64 (12): 123522. arXiv:hep-th/0103239. Bibcode:2001PhRvD..64l3522K. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.64.123522. S2CID 374628.
  8. ^ Steinhardt, Paul J.; Turok, Neil (2008). Endless Universe: Beyond the Big Bang. Phoenix. ISBN 978-0-7538-2442-9.
  9. ^ "House of Anansi: The Universe Within". Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
  10. ^ Turok, Neil (2011). "Africa AIMS high". Nature. 474 (7353): 567–569. doi:10.1038/474567a. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 21720344. S2CID 205065526.
  11. ^ "TED Blog: Announcing 2008 TED Prize Winners". 2007. Archived from the original on 23 December 2009. Retrieved 21 November 2007.
  12. ^ "World Summit on Innovation and Entrepreneurship". 2012. Archived from the original on 14 October 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  13. ^ "Learning World: Dancing into the Future". www.wise-qatar.org. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  14. ^ a b "SAMS Award for Profs Hahne and Turok". Archived from the original on 29 January 2011. Retrieved 26 March 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  15. ^ "190th University of Ottawa Convocation: Exceptional students and outstanding personalities honoured". 2011. Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
  16. ^ "The 2012 CBC Massey Lectures, "The Universe Within: From Quantum to Cosmos". 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  17. ^ "You don't understand quantum theory? Neil Turok will help you". 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  18. ^ "Higgs Boson Scientist Awarded Heriot-Watt honorary degree". Heriot-Watt University. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  19. ^ "Past Winners and Finalists". Lane Anderson Award. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  20. ^ "Five Exemplary Leaders to Receive Honorary Degrees from Saint Mary's University". smu.ca. 5 May 2014. Archived from the original on 10 April 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  21. ^ "Acclaimed physicist to receive honorary doctorate from NMMU". Archived from the original on 9 September 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  22. ^ "Cosmologist Neil Turok wins 2016 Tate Medal for International Leadership in Physics". EurekAlert!. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
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