Joel Scherk
Joel Scherk · Science & Medicine
Physicist; recognized string theory as a theory of gravity, supergravity
1946, France — 1980, Paris, France
France
Joel Scherk is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Physicist; recognized string theory as a theory of gravity, supergravity
Joël Scherk was a French theoretical physicist who, with John Schwarz in 1974, recognized that string theory could describe quantum gravity, and who helped construct eleven-dimensional supergravity, a foundation of M-theory. Trained at the École Normale Supérieure and Orsay, he died young, a diabetic caught without insulin. He is listed among Jewish physicists in reference sources, though reliable biographies do not document his religious background in detail.
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Physicist; recognized string theory as a theory of gravity, supergravity
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Physics
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