Erik Verlinde
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Gender | Male |
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Age | 62 |
Date of birth | January 21,1962 |
Zodiac sign | Aquarius |
Born | Woudenberg |
Netherlands | |
Thesis | Conformal field theory and its application to strings (1988) |
Siblings | Herman Verlinde |
Known for | Verlinde algebra |
Entropic gravity | |
Job | Physicist |
Notable student | Miranda Cheng |
Movies/Shows | Chasing Einstein |
Awards | Spinoza Prize |
Doctor advisor | Bernard de Wit |
Field | Theoretical physics |
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ID | 575446 |
Erik Verlinde Life story
Erik Peter Verlinde is a Dutch theoretical physicist and string theorist. He is the identical twin brother of physicist Herman Verlinde. The Verlinde formula, which is important in conformal field theory and topological field theory, is named after him.