Collaborative Intellectual Space

Creating the right conditions for intellectual exchange and innovation is a critical role for leadership in many domains, including theoretical physics. Enter the Princeton Center for Theoretical Science. They have structured themselves in such a way that bright post-docs can range freely across disciplines and access leading contributors in cosmology, particle physics, astronomy, quantum mechanics and other interesting fields of research.

I'd like to tour the facilities and see how the space has been designed for interaction, study, and idea sharing. Personally, I find it encouraging to read about projects like this, where the search for great questions and courageous exploration of possible answers comes before disciplinary boundaries and turf protection.