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Joseph Gerard Polchinski Jr. [2] ( / pəlˈtʃɪnski /; May 16, 1954 – February 2, 2018) was an American theoretical physicist and string theorist. [3] [4] Biography.
Feb 7, 2018 · Joseph Polchinski, one of the most creative physicists of his generation, whose work helped lay the mathematical foundation for the controversial proposition that our universe is only one in an...
Joseph Polchinski is a renowned theoretical physicist who discovered D-branes and made significant contributions to renormalization theory and string landscape. He is a professor at UC Santa Barbara and a permanent member of the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics.
Feb 27, 2018 · Polchinski was an early pioneer of string theory, the mathematical apparatus picturing the basic particles of matter and force as supertiny wriggling strands of energy known as...
Joseph Gerard Polchinski was a highly creative and influ-ential theoretical physicist and a leader in the quest for a deeper understanding of the laws of nature. He was a bold thinker who would blaze his own path, often opening new directions that others then followed.
Feb 9, 2018 · Caltech is mourning the loss of Joseph Polchinski (BS '75), the Pat and Joe Yzurdiaga Professor of Theoretical Physics, Emeritus, at UC Santa Barbara. Polchinski was perhaps best known for his discovery of D-branes in string theory.
Feb 6, 2020 · A tribute to the late theoretical physicist Joseph Polchinski, who made groundbreaking contributions to quantum field theory, cosmology, string theory, and black hole physics. The memoir is written by his colleagues Raphael Bousso, Fernando Quevedo, and Steven Weinberg.
