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Also known as Peter George Oliver Freund

American physicist (1936–2018)

Person · Open Library

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28

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  • Die Stadt der vergessenen Träume
  • Varuna Purana
  • Speaking Beautiful English
  • Varna Shiksha
  • Passion for Discovery

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Germany
Active from
1952-02-17
has german audiobooks

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Peter G. O. Freund (born 7 September 1936) is a professor emeritus of theoretical physics at the University of Chicago. He has made important contributions to particle physics and string theory. He is also active as a writer. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Peter+Freund">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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  • Our understanding of the four basic concepts of Physics -- space, time, matter and force -- has undergone radical change in the course of work on unification, starting with Maxwell's unification of electricity with magnetism, all the way to present day string theory. What started as four independent concepts, with space and time postulated and the possible forms of matter and force arbitrarily chosen, now appear as different aspects of a rich and novel dynamically determined structure.
  • Scientific collaborations are akin to marriages, or temporary marriages. Their breakup is not unlike a divorce and rarely avoids acrimony.

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date of birth
1936-09-07
Erdős number
2
name in native language
Peter Freund
date of death
2018-03-06
Commons category
Peter Freund (physicist)
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