Leopold Infeld

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human physicist theoretical physicist writer

Leopold Infeld was a Polish theoretical physicist known for his work in general relativity and for co-authoring the influential book "The Evolution of Physics" with Albert Einstein.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human → physicist → theoretical physicist → writer →
awardReceived	Royal Society of Canada Fellowship →
coAuthor	Albert Einstein → Max Born →
countryOfBirth	Austria-Hungary →
countryOfCitizenship	Canada → Poland →
dateOfBirth	1898-08-20 →
dateOfDeath	1968-01-15 →
educatedAt	Jagiellonian University → University of Berlin NERFINISHED →
employer	Institute for Advanced Study → University of Toronto → University of Warsaw →
ethnicGroup	Polish Jews →
familyName	Infeld →
fieldOfWork	general relativity → gravitational physics → theoretical physics →
genre	popular science literature →
givenName	Leopold →
hasAcademicAdvisor	Arnold Sommerfeld → Max Born →
knownFor	Born–Infeld electrodynamics → Infeld–van der Waerden formalism →
languageOfWorkOrName	English → Polish →
memberOf	Royal Society of Canada →
movement	relativity theory →
notableStudent	Andrzej Trautman → Jerzy Plebański →
notableWork	Quest: The Evolution of a Scientist → The Evolution of Physics →
occupation	physicist → university teacher →
placeOfBirth	Kraków →
placeOfDeath	Warsaw →
religion	Judaism →
residence	Toronto → Warsaw →
sexOrGender	male →
workLocation	Princeton NERFINISHED → Toronto → Warsaw →

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Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Russell–Einstein Manifesto →	signatory