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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:physicist
author
atheist
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gptkbp:almaMater
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gptkb:University_of_California,_Los_Angeles
gptkb:University_of_Hawaii
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gptkbp:associatedWith
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gptkb:University_of_Colorado_Boulder
gptkb:American_Physical_Society
gptkb:Hawaii_Pacific_University
gptkb:Skeptical_Inquirer
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gptkbp:awards
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gptkb:Outstanding_Lifetime_Achievement_Award_from_the_Atheist_Alliance_International
Humanist of the Year
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gptkbp:birthPlace
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gptkb:New_York_City
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gptkbp:born
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April 29, 1935
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gptkbp:children
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2
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gptkbp:contribution
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Advocacy for secularism
Debunking pseudoscience
Public understanding of science
Promoting scientific skepticism
Criticism of religious claims
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gptkbp:deathPlace
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gptkb:Boulder,_Colorado
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gptkbp:died
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December 27, 2014
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gptkbp:field
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physics
philosophy
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Victor Stenger
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gptkbp:influenced
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gptkb:Daniel_Dennett
gptkb:Lawrence_Krauss
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gptkbp:influencedBy
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gptkb:Carl_Sagan
gptkb:Richard_Feynman
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gptkbp:knownFor
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Critique of religion
Advocacy of science
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gptkbp:nationality
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American
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gptkbp:notableWork
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God: The Failed Hypothesis
The Comprehensible Cosmos
The New Atheism
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gptkbp:occupation
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professor
researcher
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gptkbp:researchFocus
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Astrophysics
Cosmology
Particle physics
Philosophy of science
Quantum_mechanics
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gptkbp:spouse
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gptkb:Elizabeth_Stenger
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gptkbp:website
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victorstenger.com
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