Gary Felder is a professor of physics at Smith College.
- He taught the Great Courses lecture series "The Big Bang and Beyond," which has been watched by over 10,000 viewers.
- He has co-authored two physics textbooks.
- He won the Smith College Student Government Faculty Teaching Award.
- He regularly gives talks to audiences ranging from elementary school students to physics professors.
"His enthusiasm is contagious. He makes me want to learn more." - Kay Klausewitz
"He was wonderful, his excitement well communicated." - Nancy Swartmout
Topics Gary talks about include the following. (Click on any title to see a longer description.)
- The Big Bang and the Expansion of the Universe
- Inflation and the Very Early Universe
- From Particles to Galaxies: What We Know and What We're Learning about How the First Structures Formed in the Early Universe
- The Ultimate Fate of the Universe
- Black Holes: The Edge of Space and Time
- Dark Matter and Dark Energy: How We Know That We Don't Know What the Universe is Made of
- Gravitational Waves: How LIGO Can See Black Holes Collide and Merge from Billions of Light Years Away
- We've Found the Higgs Boson! So What Is It and Why Do We Care?
- Does the Universe Have More Than Three Dimensions of Space?
- Multiverses: Is Our Universe One of Many?
- The Anthropic Principle: Why Are the Laws of Physics So ... Convenient?
- The James Webb Space Telescope: Expanding Our Vision of the Universe
- An Introduction to Einstein's Theory of Relativity
- An Introduction to Quantum Mechanics
You can click here to see Gary give an hour-long lecture on multiverses.
If you subscribe to the "Great Courses," you can watch Gary's 12-lecture course called "The Big Bang and Beyond: Exploring the Early Universe." If you don't subscribe, you can also buy the course here on CD or to stream.