KRAUSS, Lawrence M.

KRAUSS, Lawrence M. American, b. 1954. Genres: Physics, Astronomy. Career: Yale University, New Haven, CT, junior fellow, 1982-85, assistant professor, 1985-88, associate professor of physics and astronomy, 1988-93; Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, Ambrose Swasey Professor of physics and chair of department, 1993-. Carleton University, Nesbitt Lecturer, 1988, Chesley Lecturer, 1998; Catholic University, Herzfeld Lecturer, 1998; American Physical Society, Centennial Lecturer, 1999; lecturer at colleges and universities in the US and abroad. Harvard University, research fellow, 1982-85, associate in physics, 1987-; visiting researcher at Institute for Theoretical Physics (Santa Barbara, CA), 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, and 1992, and at University of Chicago, 1989; visiting scientist at Boston University and Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, both 1985-86, and Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 1986-89; CERN, Geneva, visiting scientist, 1997; consultant to Ontario Science Centre. Publications: The Fifth Essence: The Search for Dark Matter in the Universe, 1989; Fear of Physics: A Guide for the Perplexed, 1993; The Physics of Star Trek, 1995; Beyond Star Trek, 1997. EDITOR: (with F. Accetta) Cosmic Strings: The Current Status, 1988; (with S.J. Rey) Baryon Number Violation at the Electroweak Scale, 1992; Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropies Two Years after COBE: Observations, Predictions, and the Future, 1994. Contributor of articles and reviews to scientific journals and popular magazines. Address: Department of Physics, Rockefeller Bldg., Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH 44106-7079, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]