Alexander R. H. Smith

Alexander R. H.  Smith

Address

Department of Physics and Astronomy, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755, USA

Country

United States of America

Affiliated institution

Dartmouth College

Research & Interests

John Wheeler advocated a radically conservative approach to physics: Insist on adhering to well-established physical laws (be conservative), but follow those laws into their most extreme domains (be radical), where unexpected insights into nature might be found. Our most well-established laws of physics today are encapsulated by quantum theory and general relativity. Taking an information-theoretic approach, my research pushes these theories to their extremes, into an arena in which they must confront one another, in the hopes of uncovering new insights into nature.