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Iranian-American physicist

Person · Open Library

Born: 1960-01-01
Works: 3

Top works

Univers décrypté Par Les énigmes
Universum in Rätseln
Puzzles to Unravel the Universe

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Listeners: 2
Total plays: 3

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Born: 1 January 1960

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Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Tehran
Occupation: university teacher
Educated at: Alborz High School
Employer: Harvard University
Languages spoken: English language
Academic degree: Doctor of Philosophy
Doctoral advisor: Edward Witten

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Doctor of Philosophy

Categories

1960 births 21st-century American physicists 21st-century Iranian physicists Alborz High School alumni American people of Iranian descent American string theorists Fellows of the American Physical Society Harvard University faculty Hollis Chair of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy Iranian expatriate academics Living people MIT School of Science alumni

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Field of work

philosophy of science

Official website

www.cumrunvafa.org

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