Igor Klebanov
Igor Klebanov · Science & Medicine
Physicist; gauge/gravity duality in string theory
1962, Soviet Union
Soviet Union · United States
Igor Klebanov is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Physicist; gauge/gravity duality in string theory
Born in the Soviet Union to a Jewish family and emigrating to the United States as a teenager, Klebanov became a professor at Princeton and a leader in string theory. He co-authored one of the foundational papers making the gauge/gravity (AdS/CFT) duality precise, one of the most cited results in high-energy physics.
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Physicist; gauge/gravity duality in string theory
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