Paul Steinhardt - Big Bang or Big Bounce?

In this video series entitled "Conversations at Niels Bohr's Office" Johan Samsing from the Niels Bohr Institute presents conversations with some of the most influential physicists and thinkers of over time on topics related to the fundamental physics of our Universe.

Each episode is recorded at the historical Niels Bohr's Office and based on one long take with no script, with the intention of creating a more natural conversation about whatever topics the guest wants to highlight.

6. Episode: "Does our Universe hints for a Big Bounce instead of a Big Bang?"

Paul Steinhardt is an American physicist, known for his groundbreaking work on the origin, evolution and future of the universe, as well as his exploration of a new form of matter, known as quasicrystals. He has been faculty at Princeton University since the Fall of 1998, and he co-founded the Princeton Center for Theoretical Science and served as its Director from 2007 to 2019. Paul Steinhardt has received numerous prices including the Niels Bohr Institute Medal of Honour in 2020.