Moffat, John W.

John W. Moffat is a professor emeritus of physics at the University of Toronto and an adjunct professor of physics at the University of Waterloo, as well as a member of the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Ontario. Moffat earned a doctorate in physics at the University of Cambridge. (Photo courtesy of the Perimeter Institute of Theoretical Physics.)


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Einstein Wrote Back

John W. Moffat was a poor student of math and science. That is, until he read Einstein's famous paper on general relativity. Realizing instantly that he had an unusual and unexplained aptitude for understanding the complex physics described in ...


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Einstein Wrote Back

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Reinventing Gravity
A bold revision of one of the most successful theories of all time: Einstein's general theory of relativity. Physicists have long known that something is wrong with gravity. Einstein's relativity and the theory of quantum mechanics are fundamentally ...

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John W. Moffat Featured in the National Post
"The two main problems in physics today are that most of the universe is missing, and it is expanding faster than it should be. To "solve" these problems, physicists have invented two concepts, neither of which they claim to understand. The ...

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{REVIEW} EINSTEIN WROTE BACK in the Globe and Mail
"Nothing about John Moffat’s career in physics has been ordinary. For more than half a century, he’s been challenging the status quo, pursuing unorthodox ideas that have often met with sharp resistance from the physics community. In fact, had ...

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John Moffat a Finalist for the Lane Anderson Award
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