Lee Smolin is a theoretical physicist who has contributed significantly to quantum gravity theory. He attended Hampshire College and Harvard University for his education. He is a member of the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics from its inception. Life of the Universe, Three Paths to Quantum Gravity, The Problem with Physics, and Time Reborn are his previous publications that investigate philosophical issues brought by contemporary physics and cosmology. The Buchalter Cosmology Prize 2014 was given to Lee Smolin for his co-authored paper 'The Universe as a Process of Unique Events.'