Leonard Susskind
American theoretical physicist (born 1940) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Leonard Susskind (/ˈsʌskɪnd/; born June 16, 1940)[1][3] is an American theoretical physicist, Professor of theoretical physics at Stanford University and founding director of the Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics. His research interests are string theory, quantum field theory, quantum statistical mechanics and quantum cosmology.[2] He is a member of the US National Academy of Sciences,[4] and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences,[5] an associate member of the faculty of Canada's Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics,[6] and a distinguished professor of the Korea Institute for Advanced Study.[7]
Leonard Susskind | |
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Born | (1940-06-16) June 16, 1940 (age 83)[1] New York City, U.S. |
Alma mater | City College of New York (BS) Cornell University (PhD) |
Known for | Black hole complementarity Causal patch Color confinement ER=EPR Hamiltonian lattice gauge theory Holographic principle Matrix theory (physics) String theory String theory landscape Worldsheet RST model Susskind–Glogower operator Kogut–Susskind fermions Fischler–Susskind mechanism |
Awards | Dirac Medal (2023) Oskar Klein medal (2018) Pomeranchuk Prize (2008) Science Writing Award (1998) Sakurai Prize (1998) Boris Pregel Award (1975)[2] |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics, mathematics |
Institutions | Yeshiva University Tel Aviv University Stanford University Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics Korea Institute for Advanced Study Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics |
Thesis | Quantum mechanical approach to strong interactions (1965) |
Doctoral advisor | Peter A. Carruthers |
Doctoral students | Eduardo Fradkin Barak Kol Douglas Stanford |
Susskind is widely regarded as one of the fathers of string theory.[8] He was the first to give a precise string-theoretic interpretation of the holographic principle in 1995[9] and the first to introduce the idea of the string theory landscape in 2003.[10][11]
Susskind was awarded the 1998 J. J. Sakurai Prize,[12] and the 2018 Oskar Klein Medal.[13]