John H. Schwarz

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John H. Schwarz is an American theoretical physicist best known as one of the founders of superstring theory and a pioneer in the development of string theory as a candidate for a unified theory of fundamental forces.

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John H. Schwarz canonical 12
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instanceOf American physicist ⓘ
human ⓘ
string theorist ⓘ
theoretical physicist ⓘ
academicDegree PhD in physics ⓘ
awardReceived APS Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics ⓘ
Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics ⓘ
Dirac Medal ⓘ
linked to: Dirac Prize

Fundamental Physics Prize ⓘ
National Medal of Science ⓘ
birthDate 1941-11-22 ⓘ
birthPlace North Adams, Massachusetts, United States ⓘ
birthYear 1941 ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor Francis Low ⓘ
educatedAt Columbia University ⓘ
Harvard University ⓘ
employer California Institute of Technology ⓘ
era 20th-century physics ⓘ
21st-century physics ⓘ
familyName Schwarz ⓘ
fieldOfWork string theory ⓘ
superstring theory ⓘ
theoretical physics ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
hasCollaborator Edward Witten ⓘ
Joël Scherk ⓘ
Michael Green ⓘ
influenced development of superstring theory ⓘ
modern string theory research ⓘ
knownFor Green–Schwarz mechanism ⓘ
anomaly cancellation in string theory ⓘ
development of string theory as a unified theory of fundamental forces ⓘ
foundations of superstring theory ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf American Physical Society ⓘ
National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
name John H. Schwarz ⓘ
notableStudent Ashoke Sen ⓘ
Cumrun Vafa ⓘ
notableWork Green–Schwarz anomaly cancellation paper (1984) ⓘ
occupation physicist ⓘ
university professor ⓘ
positionHeld Harold Brown Professor of Theoretical Physics ⓘ
residence Pasadena, California, United States ⓘ
linked to: Pasadena
workplace California Institute of Technology ⓘ

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David Gross → doctoralStudent → John H. Schwarz ⓘ
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Joël Scherk → collaboratedWith → John H. Schwarz ⓘ
Geoffrey Chew → doctoralStudent → John Schwarz ⓘ
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