KITP programs address questions that lie at the very frontiers of

fundamental knowledge:

•  What are the laws that govern the birth and development of the universe?

•  Are there four, five, nine, ten, or eleven dimensions?

•  How do complex patterns such as snowflakes emerge?

•  What is the role of dark matter?

•  Is the fundamental unit of nature a vibrating string?

•  What is consciousness? How does the brain work?

•  How can methods of theoretical physics help biologists extract the crucial        information contained in the human genome?


Tributes from the international scientific community.

Future of Physics Conference
Areas of Research