Peter Freund
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Peter George Oliver Freund (7 September 1936, Timișoara – 6 March 2018, Chicago) was a professor of theoretical physics at the University of Chicago.[2] He made important contributions to particle physics and string theory. He was also active as a writer.
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Peter G. O. Freund | |
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Born | (1936-09-07)September 7, 1936 |
Died | March 6, 2018(2018-03-06) (aged 81) |
Nationality | American and Romanian |
Alma mater | Politehnica University of Timișoara, Romania University of Vienna, Austria |
Known for | Two-component duality Higher-dimensional unification Freund–Rubin compactification Superstrings from 26 dimensions p-adic strings econophysics |
Spouse | Lucy Freund |
Children | Pauline and Caroline |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics |
Institutions | University of Chicago |
Doctoral advisor | Walter Thirring |
Notable students | William Cottrell[1] |
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