Hi there,

You’ve found the personal website of Peter Hayman—theoretical physicist at heart, general purpose thinker in practice, and just a real character overall. A bit about me for the new folks:

My background is theoretical physics; studied my way to a PhD (on Effective Field Theories) in Canada and have been a postdoc (in Cosmology) here in New Zealand for the past four years. As much as I love my field and the academic life, I’m also a big believer in living the scientific method and trying new things, so I’m working on some big changes in the near future.

One such change is focusing more on sharing my unique perspective on physics, math, life, etc. with the world—to wit, my blog (and if you have a more technical bent, you might also like my introductory notes on General Relativity). Keep an eye on that as it will likely also intersect with my other plans and schemes where I intend to focus more on my skills as a problem solver.

I’m always interested in collaboration, so please feel free to reach out if you have a wild idea you think I’d like to hear, or even better, if you just have too much money and need some help spending it.