bˈæsɐɹˌæb nˈɪkoʊlskˌuː bˈɔːɹn mˈɑːɹtʃ twˈɛnti fˈaɪv, nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈoːɹɾi tˈuː, plˈɔɪɛʃti, ɹoʊmˈeɪniə ɪz ɐn ˈɑːnɚɹˌɛɹi θiəɹˈɛɾɪkəl fˈɪzɪsˌɪst æt ðə sˈɛntɚ nˈæʃənəl də lˌæ ɹᵻtʃˈɜːtʃ sˌaɪəntɪfˈiːk sˌiːˌɛnˌɑːɹɹˈɛs, lˈeɪbɚɹˌætwɑːɹ də fɪzˈiːk nˌuːkleɪˈɛɹ ˈɛt də hˈɔːts ɪnˈɜːdʒiz, jˌuːnɪvɚsɪtˈeɪ pɪˈɛɹ ˈɛt mɚɹˈiː kjˈʊɹɹi, pˈæɹɪs.
Basarab Nicolescu (born March 25, 1942, Ploieşti, Romania) is an honorary theoretical physicist at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris.