Tegmarks

Tegmarks is a surname of Swedish origin. The name is associated in public records mainly with Max Tegmark, a Swedish-American physicist and cosmologist.

Max Tegmark, born 1967 in Sweden, is a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). His research spans cosmology and fundamental physics, with notable work on the Mathematical Universe Hypothesis (MUH), which proposes that the physical world is a mathematical structure. He is also a co-founder of the Future of Life Institute, an organization focused on mitigating existential risks from advanced technologies. In 2014, he published Our Mathematical Universe, a popular science book outlining the MUH and related ideas.

The surname Tegmark is relatively uncommon outside Sweden. In discussions and publications, references to Tegmarks typically point to Max Tegmark; no other individuals with the surname have achieved comparable notability in broad reference sources as of now. The plural form Tegmarks may be used informally to refer to members of the Tegmark family.