‘New Einstein’ vows to find ‘source code of universe’ and change everything
The Mirror US • • world
Key Points:
- Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski, who built her own plane at age 12, is a rising physicist specializing in quantum gravity, black holes, and spacetime, currently leading the Celestial Holography Initiative at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics.
- Despite being dubbed "the next Einstein," Pasterski rejects the comparison, emphasizing her desire to learn and focus on understanding the universe rather than gaining fame or enriching billionaires.
- She was initially rejected by MIT but was admitted after sending a video of herself flying the plane she built; she graduated top of her class with a perfect GPA and later studied at Harvard.
- Pasterski declined offers from Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin and Brown University, prioritizing her research goals over financial incentives, and has been recognized by Stephen Hawking for her work on the "spin memory effect."
- She also engages the public through her YouTube channel, PhysicsGirl, where she explains complex physics concepts related to her research.
