Michael Green

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Michael Green is a prominent British theoretical physicist known for his pioneering work in string theory and quantum gravity.

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instanceOf academic
human
physicist
theoretical physicist
academicDegree PhD in physics
awardReceived Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics
Dirac Medal
linked to: Dirac Prize

Royal Medal
birthCountry United Kingdom
birthDate 1946-05-22
birthPlace London
linked to: London, England
birthYear 1946
coAuthor Edward Witten
John H. Schwarz
countryOfEmployment United Kingdom
doctoralAdvisor Abdus Salam
educatedAt Cambridge University
St John’s College, Cambridge
familyName Green
fieldOfWork quantum gravity
string theory
theoretical physics
gender male
givenName Michael
hasPublication Superstring Theory (with John H. Schwarz and Edward Witten)
Superstring Theory, Volume 1: Introduction
Superstring Theory, Volume 2: Loop Amplitudes, Anomalies and Phenomenology
honorificTitle FRS
knownFor Green–Schwarz mechanism
anomaly cancellation in string theory
pioneering work in string theory
work on quantum gravity
languageSpoken English
memberOf Royal Society
name Michael Green
nationality British
notableConcept Green–Schwarz superstring
positionHeld Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge
professor of theoretical physics
researchInterest quantum field theory
superstring theory
supersymmetry
workInstitution Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge

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