Joseph Polchinski

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Joseph_Polchinski

GPTKB entity

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gptkbp:birthDate	1954-05-16
gptkbp:birthPlace	gptkb:White_Plains,_New_York,_USA
gptkbp:deathDate	2018-02-02
gptkbp:deathPlace	gptkb:Santa_Barbara,_California,_USA
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gptkbp:doctoralStudent	gptkb:Eva_Silverstein gptkb:Matthew_Headrick gptkb:Matthew_Kleban
gptkbp:education	gptkb:California_Institute_of_Technology gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley
gptkbp:employer	gptkb:Kavli_Institute_for_Theoretical_Physics gptkb:University_of_California,_Santa_Barbara
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gptkbp:influenced	string theory research
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Joseph Polchinski