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Sergio Fubini

Who

Sergio Fubini · Science & Medicine

What

Physicist; particle theory and early string theory

When

1928, Turin, Italy — 2005

Where

Italy · United States · Switzerland

Biography

Sergio Fubini is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Physicist; particle theory and early string theory

How & why

Fubini was an Italian theoretical physicist and one of the pioneers of string theory, whose work at MIT and CERN on dual resonance models helped lay the foundations of the field. He also made lasting contributions to quantum field theory. He was Jewish and, as a boy in 1938, fled fascist Italy's antisemitic racial laws to Switzerland; in later life he was active in Israeli–Arab peace efforts.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Physics

Contributions & Sources

Physicist; particle theory and early string theory

1928

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Physics