Antony Garrett Lisi

Antony Garrett Lisi (born January 24, 1968; uses the name Garrett by preference) is an American-born theoretical physicist and adventure sports enthusiast. Lisi has a Ph.D. in physics, but has worked as an independent researcher rather than holding an academic position. He is a strong proponent of balance in life, particularly between scientific research and the enjoyment of the outdoors. Lisi is best known for his work, "An Exceptionally Simple ... more

Antony Garrett Lisi (born January 24, 1968; uses the name Garrett by preference) is an American-born theoretical physicist and adventure sports enthusiast. Lisi has a Ph.D. in physics, but has worked as an independent researcher rather than holding an academic position. He is a strong proponent of balance in life, particularly between scientific research and the enjoyment of the outdoors. Lisi is best known for his work, "An Exceptionally Simple Theory of Everything," which proposes a unified field theory combining a grand unification theory of particle physics with Albert Einstein's general relativistic description of gravitation using the largest simple exceptional Lie algebra, E8. During late 2007, when this work was widely reported on in the media, Lisi was frequently referred to as a "Surfer Dude". Born in Los Angeles and raised in San Diego, California, Lisi graduated the Cate School (south of Santa Barbara, California) in 1986. He learned to surf in San Diego, where he traveled... less