J. Richard Gott

J. Richard Gott is an astrophysicist at Princeton University recognized for his theoretical work on time travel, cosmic strings, and his application of the Copernican principle to predict the future longevity of phenomena ranging from the human species to Broadway shows. As a guest on late-night radio, his book Time Travel in Einstein's Universe and his scientifically rigorous approach to the theoretical possibility of time travel brought genuine physics to one of the program's most captivating topics.