Marcelo Gleiser

Professor of Physics and Astronomy | Dartmouth College

Maria Popova reviews Marcelo's Island of Knowledge

- Brain Pickings
February 2, 2015

Charles Arrowsmith reviews Marcelo's most recent book, The Island of Knowledge.

- House of Speakeasy
September 15, 2014

Marcelo wants to heal the rift between humanists and scientists by deflating scientific dreams of establishing final truths.

- The Nation
August 27, 2014

Connect With Marcelo

Happy Mother’s Day! For all biological mothers and the mother of us all 🌍

My Twitter post on ChatGPT went viral…I hope fascination means more ethical care on how AI is trained

Recent Activities

Why We Are the Only Humans in the Universe and Why It Matters to Our Collective Future

Marcelo was a presenter at Nature, Earth and Humanity: The Evolution of Connection, an international forum on consciousness.

Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Engagement

Marcelo was director of The Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Engagement at Dartmouth (ICE) — a nucleus of intellectual and spiritual transformation, a bridge between the sciences and the humanities that people can cross in both directions and, in doing so, enrich themselves and their worldview.

13.8: Science, Culture, Meaning

Marcelo has relaunched the 13.8 blog, where he writes about science and culture with physicist and 13.8 co-founder Adam Frank.

Question Reality! Science, Philosophy, a Search for Meaning

Trace philosophy and science through the ages in Marcelo’s newest MOOC.

How to Ignite Secular Spirituality

In this virtual meeting, convened by Synergos, Marcelo Gleiser discusses how Covid-19 is impacting our worldviews and ways to co-create a new world through our individual and collective actions.

NYAS Panel Discussion: The Enigma of Life

Marcelo analyzes the impact of awe and wonder on his own work and on the mindsets of his colleagues carrying out cutting-edge scientific research.

The Origins of Life

In this TEDxEast talk, Marcelo tells the 13.7-billion-year story of our universe in 18 minutes.

How We Make Sense of the World: Information, Map-Making, and The Scientific Narrative

A new paper by Marcelo and Damian Sowinski on applying information theory to how we make sense of the world.

RecenT BOOK

Marcelo discusses science and religion with CERN's director general, the Vatican's head of science and faith, and a scholar of Jain philosophy on BBC World Service's The Forum. Listen to the program ➞ — Marcelo discusses science and religion with CERN's director general, the Vatican's head of science and faith, and a scholar of Jain philosophy on BBC World Service's The Forum.
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The Island of Knowledge: How to Live with Mystery in a Culture Obsessed with Certainty and Definitive Answers