Paul Townsend

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Paul_Townsend
GPTKB entity
Statements (34)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
gptkbp:award gptkb:Dirac_Medal
gptkb:Paul_Dirac_Prize
gptkbp:birthDate 1951-09-16
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Cambridge,_England
gptkbp:citizenship gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Stephen_Hawking
gptkbp:doctoralStudent gptkb:Jerome_Gauntlett
gptkb:Kostas_Skenderis
gptkb:Marija_Zamaklar
gptkb:Nick_Dorey
gptkb:Paul_Saffin
gptkbp:field gptkb:theoretical_physics
gptkb:string_theory
gptkb:M-theory
gptkb:supergravity
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Paul_Kenneth_Townsend
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Paul Townsend
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:M-theory
gptkb:Bogomol'nyi–Prasad–Sommerfield_bound
gptkb:p-branes
gptkb:supermembranes
domain walls
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:thesisTitle Covariant quantization of antisymmetric tensor gauge fields
gptkbp:thesisYear 1976
gptkbp:title gptkb:professor
gptkbp:workInstitution gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
gptkb:DAMTP
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:string_theory
gptkb:Gary_Gibbons
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5