Wolfgang Rindler
1924
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2019
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: United States of America
languages spoken, written or signed: English
educated at: University of Liverpool, Imperial College London, King's College London
occupation: physicist, university teacher
official website: www.utdallas.edu/physics/faculty/wolfgang.html
Wolfgang Rindler (18 May 1924 – 8 February 2019) was a physicist working in the field of general relativity where he is known for introducing the term "event horizon", Rindler coordinates, and (in collaboration with Roger Penrose) for the use of spinors in general relativity. An honorary member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and foreign member of the Accademia delle Scienze di Torino, he was also a prolific textbook author. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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