A native of Terre Haute, Indiana, Edward P. Tryon is a professor of physics at Hunter College in Manhattan. His specialization is in theoretical quark models, theoretical general relativity, and cosmology. In 1973 he proposed that the Universe is a large-scale vacuum energy fluctuation. He has been quoted as saying, "Our Universe is simply one of those things that happens from time to time."[1]
Major publications
Tryon, Edward P. "Is the Universe a Vacuum Fluctuation," in Nature, 246(1973), pp. 396-397.
Notes
- ^ Holt, Jim (1994). "Nothing Ventured" DBanach.com (accessed August 21, 2006)
