Daniel Friedan
Daniel Friedan · Science & Medicine
Co-founder of modern conformal field theory; Onsager Prize (2010); son of Betty Friedan
1948, United States
United States
Daniel Friedan is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Co-founder of modern conformal field theory; Onsager Prize (2010); son of Betty Friedan
Friedan, a Rutgers physicist, co-founded modern two-dimensional conformal field theory, a framework central to string theory and statistical mechanics; his classification of unitary conformal field theories won the 2010 Lars Onsager Prize. He is a son of feminist author Betty Friedan and was born to a Jewish family.
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the Lars Onsager Prize
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Co-founder of modern conformal field theory; Onsager Prize (2010); son of Betty Friedan
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the Lars Onsager Prize
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