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John Polchinski
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https://gptkb.org/entity/John_Polchinski
GPTKB entity
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Object
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gptkb:California_Institute_of_Technology
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gptkb:String_Theory_(textbook)
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gptkb:Dirac_Medal
gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkb:J._J._Sakurai_Prize_for_Theoretical_Particle_Physics
gptkbp:birthDate
1954-05-16
gptkbp:deathDate
2018-02-02
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gptkb:Stanley_Mandelstam
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gptkb:Kavli_Institute_for_Theoretical_Physics
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gptkb:theoretical_physics
gptkb:string_theory
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
John Polchinski
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gptkb:D-branes
contributions to string theory
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkb:White_Plains,_New_York,_United_States
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gptkb:Santa_Barbara,_California,_United_States
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Dorothy Chun
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gptkb:Constructive_quantum_field_theory
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