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Welcome to my website. Here you can find a description of my scientific work, information about my books and articles, and details of my media activities. If you want to go BEYOND and visit my new research center, it's here.

I am a theoretical physicist and cosmologist by profession, but these days I also work in astrobiology, a new field of research that seeks to understand the origin and evolution of life, and to search for life beyond Earth. I was born in London, and spent most of my life in the UK. From 1990 to 2006 I lived in Australia, but in September 2006 I moved to Arizona State University to establish BEYOND: Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science, of which I am the director. In 2008, I was also appointed co-director of the ASU Cosmology Initiative.

My interests are very broad, extending from the highly mathematical to the deeply philosophical. I like to ponder the big questions of existence: How did the universe begin? What is the destiny of mankind? Is there a meaning to the universe? I have written several books and articles on these topics, and even made a couple of television series.

Professional scientists and academics will find details of my past and current research work, together with a full list of journal publications. The full text of some recent papers is available here. Other visitors may be interested in the selection of popular newspaper and magazine articles I have listed, or details of some radio and television productions. I have also listed the topics that I have worked on, and frequently lecture about.