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Joseph Gerard Polchinski Jr. (/ p əl ˈ tʃ ɪ n s k i /; May 16, 1954 – February 2, 2018) was an American theoretical physicist and string theorist.
Joseph Polchinski (White Plains, 16 maggio 1954 – Santa Barbara, 2 febbraio 2018) è stato un fisico statunitense. Ottenne un B.A. al Caltech nel 1975 e un Ph.D. all' Università della California - Berkeley nel 1980.
Joseph Polchinski (Joe) received his BS in Physics from the California Institute of Technology in 1975, and his PhD in Physics from UC Berkeley in 1980. After two-year stints as a research associate at the Stanford Linear Accelerator (SLAC) and at Harvard, he joined the faculty at the University of Texas at Austin in 1984.
6 feb 2020 · Polchinski's work on D-branes revolutionized string theory and led to the discovery of a nonperturbative quantum theory of gravity. His recent, incisive reformulation of the black hole information paradox presents us with a profound challenge.
- Raphael Bousso, Fernando Quevedo, Steven Weinberg
- 2020
7 feb 2018 · Joseph Polchinski, one of the most creative physicists of his generation, whose work helped lay the mathematical foundation for the controversial proposition that our universe is only one in an...
16 mar 2024 · Joseph Polchinski ranks among the greatest theoretical physicists of his generation. His interests were centered on particle physics and quantum gravity, particularly string theory, and he made epochal contributions in these areas.
27 feb 2018 · Polchinski was an early pioneer of string theory, the mathematical apparatus picturing the basic particles of matter and force as supertiny wriggling strands of energy known as superstrings....
