Joseph Polchinski

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Joseph_Polchinski
GPTKB entity
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gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Dirac_Medal
gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkb:Dannie_Heineman_Prize_for_Mathematical_Physics
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
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Stanley_Mandelstam
gptkbp:doctoralStudent gptkb:Eva_Silverstein
gptkb:Matthew_Headrick
gptkb:Matthew_Kleban
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gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Kavli_Institute_for_Theoretical_Physics
gptkb:University_of_California,_Santa_Barbara
gptkbp:field gptkb:theoretical_physics
gptkb:string_theory
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Joseph Polchinski
gptkbp:influenced string theory research
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gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:D-branes
gptkb:Polchinski's_paradox
contributions to string theory
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gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
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gptkbp:occupation gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Dorothy_Maria_Chun
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