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65 relations: Academic genealogy of theoretical physicists, Adrian Melott, Antony Valentini, Brandon Carter, Cosmic microwave background, David Deutsch, David Thewlis, Dennis W. Sciama, Edward Tryon, Einstein–Cartan theory, Embedded lens, Frank J. Tipler, Gary Gibbons, George F. R. Ellis, Gravity Research Foundation, Hawking (2004 film), Index of physics articles (D), Inertia, Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation, University of Portsmouth, International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation, Invariant set postulate, James Binney, James Scott Prize Lectureship, John Archibald Wheeler, John D. Barrow, John Sessions, List of alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge, List of atheists in science and technology, List of British Jewish scientists, List of contributors to general relativity, List of Cornell University faculty, List of cosmologists, List of Fellows of the Royal Society elected in 1983, List of Fellows of the Royal Society S, T, U, V, List of Jewish atheists and agnostics, List of Old Malvernians, List of people from Trieste, List of physicists, List of theoretical physicists, List of University of Cambridge people, List of University of Oxford people in academic disciplines, Louis Witten, Martin Rees, Michael Faraday Medal and Prize, Nonlinear Dirac equation, Paul Dirac, Philip Candelas, Raymond McLenaghan, Roger Penrose, Royal Radar Establishment, ..., Sachs–Wolfe effect, Scientific phenomena named after people, Spin connection, Stephen Hawking, Syrians in the United Kingdom, The Theory of Everything (2014 film), Tim Palmer (physicist), Timeline of cosmological theories, Tsvi Piran, Vacuum genesis, Vinod Johri, Wheeler–Feynman absorber theory, White hole, Wolfgang Rindler, Woodward effect. Expand index (15 more) »
Academic genealogy of theoretical physicists
The following is an academic genealogy of theoretical physicists and is constructed by following the pedigree of thesis advisors.
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Adrian Melott
Adrian Lewis Melott (born January 7, 1947) is an American physicist.
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Antony Valentini
Antony Valentini is a theoretical physicist and a professor at Clemson University.
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Brandon Carter
Brandon Carter, FRS (born 1942) is an Australian theoretical physicist, best known for his work on the properties of black holes and for being the first to name and employ the anthropic principle in its contemporary form.
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Cosmic microwave background
The cosmic microwave background (CMB, CMBR) is electromagnetic radiation as a remnant from an early stage of the universe in Big Bang cosmology.
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David Deutsch
David Elieser Deutsch (born 18 May 1953) is an Israeli-born British physicist at the University of Oxford.
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David Thewlis
David Thewlis (born David Wheeler; born 20 March 1963) is an English actor, director, screenwriter, and author.
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Dennis W. Sciama
Dennis William Siahou Sciama, (18 November 1926 – 18/19 December 1999) was a British physicist who, through his own work and that of his students, played a major role in developing British physics after the Second World War.
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Edward Tryon
Edward P. Tryon (born September 4, 1940) is an American scientist and a professor emeritus of physics at Hunter College of the City University of New York.
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Einstein–Cartan theory
In theoretical physics, the Einstein–Cartan theory, also known as the Einstein–Cartan–Sciama–Kibble theory, is a classical theory of gravitation similar to general relativity.
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Embedded lens
An embedded lens is a gravitational lens such that the mass of the lens is a part of the mean mass density of the background universe and not simply superimposed upon it as is done in the standard gravitational lensing theory.
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Frank J. Tipler
Frank Jennings Tipler (born February 1, 1947) is an American mathematical physicist and cosmologist, holding a joint appointment in the Departments of Mathematics and Physics at Tulane University.
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Gary Gibbons
Gary William Gibbons (born 1 July 1946) is a British theoretical physicist.
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George F. R. Ellis
George Francis Rayner Ellis, FRS, Hon.
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Gravity Research Foundation
The Gravity Research Foundation is an organization established in 1948 by businessman Roger Babson (founder of Babson College) to find ways to implement gravitational shielding.
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Hawking (2004 film)
Hawking is a BBC television film about Stephen Hawking's early years as a PhD student at Cambridge University, following his search for the beginning of time, and his struggle against motor neuron disease.
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Index of physics articles (D)
The index of physics articles is split into multiple pages due to its size.
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Inertia
Inertia is the resistance of any physical object to any change in its position and state of motion.
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Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation, University of Portsmouth
The ICG is a research institute at the University of Portsmouth devoted to topics in cosmology, galaxy evolution and gravitation.
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International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation
The International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation (ISGRG) is a learned society established in 1971 with the goal to promote research on general relativity (GR) and gravitation.
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Invariant set postulate
The invariant set postulate concerns the possible relationship between fractal geometry and quantum mechanics and in particular the hypothesis that the former can assist in resolving some of the challenges posed by the latter.
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James Binney
James Jeffrey Binney, FRS, FInstP (born 1950) is a British astrophysicist.
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James Scott Prize Lectureship
The James Scott Prize Lectureship is given every four years by the Royal Society of Edinburgh for a lecture on the fundamental concepts of Natural Philosophy.
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John Archibald Wheeler
John Archibald Wheeler (July 9, 1911 – April 13, 2008) was an American theoretical physicist.
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John D. Barrow
John David Barrow (born 29 November 1952) is an English cosmologist, theoretical physicist, and mathematician.
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John Sessions
John Gibb Marshall (born 11 January 1953), better known by the stage name John Sessions, is a British actor and comedian.
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List of alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
This is a list of notable alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge.
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List of atheists in science and technology
This is a list of atheists in science and technology.
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List of British Jewish scientists
List of British Jewish scientists is a list that includes scientists from the United Kingdom and its predecessor states who are or were Jewish or of Jewish descent.
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List of contributors to general relativity
This is a partial list of persons who have made major contributions to the development of standard mainstream general relativity.
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List of Cornell University faculty
This list of Cornell University faculty includes notable current and former instructors and administrators of Cornell University, an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York.
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List of cosmologists
This is a list of people who have made noteworthy contributions to cosmology (the study of the history and large-scale structure of the universe) and their cosmological achievements.
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List of Fellows of the Royal Society elected in 1983
This is a list of Fellows and Foreign Members of the Royal Society elected in 1983.
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List of Fellows of the Royal Society S, T, U, V
About 8,000 Fellows have been elected to the Royal Society since its inception in 1660.
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List of Jewish atheists and agnostics
Based on Jewish law's emphasis on matrilineal descent, even religiously conservative Orthodox Jewish authorities would accept an atheist born to a Jewish mother as fully Jewish.
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List of Old Malvernians
Old Malvernians are alumni of Malvern College, an independent day and boarding school in Malvern, Worcestershire, England that was founded in 1865.
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List of people from Trieste
The Province of Trieste is a province in the autonomous Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of Italy.
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List of physicists
Following is a list of physicists who are notable for their achievements.
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List of theoretical physicists
The following is a partial list of notable physics theorists, those who are recognized in theoretical physics.
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List of University of Cambridge people
This is a list of University of Cambridge people, featuring members of the University of Cambridge segregated in accordance with their fields of achievement.
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List of University of Oxford people in academic disciplines
This is a list of people from the University of Oxford in academic disciplines.
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Louis Witten
Louis Witten (born April 13, 1921) is an American theoretical physicist and the father of Edward Witten.
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Martin Rees
Martin John Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow, One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from the royalsociety.org website where: (born 23 June 1942) is a British cosmologist and astrophysicist.
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Michael Faraday Medal and Prize
The Michael Faraday Medal and Prize is a prize awarded annually by the Institute of Physics in experimental physics, one of the Institute's Gold medals.
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Nonlinear Dirac equation
In quantum field theory, the nonlinear Dirac equation is a model of self-interacting Dirac fermions.
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Paul Dirac
Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac (8 August 1902 – 20 October 1984) was an English theoretical physicist who is regarded as one of the most significant physicists of the 20th century.
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Philip Candelas
Philip Candelas, (born 24 October 1951, London, UK) is a British physicist and mathematician.
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Raymond McLenaghan
Raymond George McLenaghan (born 14 April 1939) is a Canadian theoretical physicist and mathematician.
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Roger Penrose
Sir Roger Penrose (born 8 August 1931) is an English mathematical physicist, mathematician and philosopher of science.
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Royal Radar Establishment
The Royal Radar Establishment is a research center in Malvern, Worcestershire in the United Kingdom.
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Sachs–Wolfe effect
The Sachs–Wolfe effect, named after Rainer K. Sachs and Arthur M. Wolfe, is a property of the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMB), in which photons from the CMB are gravitationally redshifted, causing the CMB spectrum to appear uneven.
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Scientific phenomena named after people
This is a list of scientific phenomena and concepts named after people (eponymous phenomena).
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Spin connection
In differential geometry and mathematical physics, a spin connection is a connection on a spinor bundle.
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Stephen Hawking
Stephen William Hawking (8 January 1942 – 14 March 2018) was an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author, who was director of research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge at the time of his death.
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Syrians in the United Kingdom
Syrians in the United Kingdom are people whose heritage is originated from Syria who were born in or who reside in the United Kingdom.
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The Theory of Everything (2014 film)
The Theory of Everything is a 2014 British biographical romantic drama film which is set at Cambridge University and details the life of the theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking.
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Tim Palmer (physicist)
Timothy Noel Palmer CBE FRS (born 31 December 1952) is a mathematical physicist by training.
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Timeline of cosmological theories
This timeline of cosmological theories and discoveries is a chronological record of the development of humanity's understanding of the cosmos over the last two-plus millennia.
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Tsvi Piran
Tsvi Piran (born May 6, 1949 in Tel Aviv, Israel) is an Israeli theoretical physicist and astrophysicist, best known for his work on Gamma-ray Bursts (GRBs) and on numerical relativity.
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Vacuum genesis
Vacuum genesis (zero-energy universe) is a scientific hypothesis about the Big Bang that questions whether the universe began as a single particle arising from an absolute vacuum, similar to how virtual particles come into existence and then fall back into non-existence.
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Vinod Johri
Vinod Johri (10 June 1935 – 10 May 2014) was an Indian astrophysicist.
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Wheeler–Feynman absorber theory
The Wheeler–Feynman absorber theory (also called the Wheeler–Feynman time-symmetric theory), named after its originators, the physicists Richard Feynman and John Archibald Wheeler, is an interpretation of electrodynamics derived from the assumption that the solutions of the electromagnetic field equations must be invariant under time-reversal transformation, as are the field equations themselves.
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White hole
In general relativity, a white hole is a hypothetical region of spacetime which cannot be entered from the outside, although matter and light can escape from it.
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Wolfgang Rindler
Wolfgang Rindler (born 18 May 1924, Vienna) is a physicist working in the field of General Relativity where he is known for introducing the term "event horizon", Rindler coordinates, and (in collaboration with Roger Penrose) for popularizing the use of spinors in general relativity.
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Woodward effect
The Woodward effect, also referred to as a Mach effect, is part of a hypothesis proposed by James F. Woodward in 1990.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_W._Sciama
