Andrew Strominger
Andrew Strominger · Science & Medicine
Physicist; string theory and black hole entropy counting
1955, USA
United States (Cambridge, Massachusetts — Harvard)
Andrew Strominger is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Physicist; string theory and black hole entropy counting
Strominger, an American physicist and son of the Jewish immunologist Jack Strominger, made central contributions to string theory, including a microscopic counting of black-hole entropy (with Cumrun Vafa) that gave a statistical, quantum explanation of black-hole thermodynamics. His work links gravity, quantum theory and geometry.
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Physicist; string theory and black hole entropy counting
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Physics
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