Neil Turok

Neil Turok is a scientist and educator who holds the Chair of Mathematical Physics at the University of Cambridge. In his endeavors as a theoretical physicist, he has worked with such notables as Stephen Hawking and James Hartle. Turok and Hawking developed the Hawking-Turok Instanton Theory to explain the origin of the universe.

In 2003, he founded the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences and in 2008 he became the Executive Director of the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Ontario, Canada.TED: Neil Turok, Cosmologist and education activist Perimeter Institute: Dr. Neil Turok Appointed Executive Director of Perimeter Institute

• 2007: Endless Universe: Beyond the Big Bang
• 2004: Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution

• Current Projects:
  • University of Cambridge: Chair of Mathematical Physics (1967)

• Past Projects:
  • Endless Universe with Paul J. Steinhardt
  • M Theory
  • African Institute for Mathematical Sciences