Garrett Lisi
| Garrett Lisi | |
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Lisi being interviewed in Los Angeles, 2011
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| Born |
Antony Garrett Lisi January 24, 1968 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater |
UCLA UCSD |
| Known for | "An Exceptionally Simple Theory of Everything" Surfing |
| Website | li.si |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Theoretical physics |
| Institutions | Theiss Research |
Antony Garrett Lisi (born January 24, 1968), known as Garrett Lisi, is an American theoretical physicist and adventure sports enthusiast. Lisi works as an independent researcher without an academic position. He is a strong proponent of balance in life, in his case between scientific research and enjoyment of the outdoors.
Lisi is known for "An Exceptionally Simple Theory of Everything," a paper proposing a unified field theory based on the E8 Lie group, combining particle physics with Einstein's theory of gravitation. The theory is incomplete and not widely accepted by the physics community.
Born in Los Angeles and raised in San Diego, California, Lisi graduated from the Cate School (south of Santa Barbara, California) in 1986. He learned to surf in San Diego, where he traveled between surf breaks in an old VW Bus. Lisi went on to receive two B.S. degrees with highest honors in physics and mathematics from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1991. Lisi received a Ph.D. in physics from the University of California, San Diego, in 1999.
After getting his Ph.D., Lisi left academia and moved to Maui – expressing his dissatisfaction with the state of theoretical physics:
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