Dennis Sciama
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Dennis Sciama was a prominent British theoretical physicist and cosmologist who played a key role in developing modern cosmology and mentoring a generation of leading physicists.
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| Dennis William Siahou Sciama | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
academic
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cosmologist ⓘ human ⓘ theoretical physicist ⓘ |
| academicDegree | Doctor of Philosophy ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | liver disease ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom ⓘ
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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| dateOfBirth | 1926-11-18 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1999-12-18 ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Paul Dirac ⓘ |
| doctoralThesisTitle | On the Origin of Inertia ⓘ |
| doctoralThesisYear | 1953 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Malvern College
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Trinity College, Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Cornell University
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International School for Advanced Studies ⓘ King’s College London ⓘ International School for Advanced Studies ⓘ
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SISSA
University of Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish ⓘ |
| familyName | Sciama ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
astrophysics
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cosmology ⓘ general relativity ⓘ theoretical physics ⓘ |
| fullName |
Dennis Sciama
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Dennis William Siahou Sciama
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| givenName | Dennis ⓘ |
| hasWork |
Big Bang cosmology
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Modern Cosmology
The Unity of the Universe ⓘ |
| influenced | development of relativistic cosmology ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Ernst Mach
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Paul Dirac ⓘ |
| knownFor |
contributions to modern cosmology
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mentoring leading theoretical physicists ⓘ work on Mach’s principle ⓘ work on the origin of inertia ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Royal Astronomical Society ⓘ |
| name | Dennis Sciama self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableStudent |
Brandon Carter
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David Deutsch ⓘ Gary Gibbons ⓘ George Ellis ⓘ John D. Barrow ⓘ
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John Barrow
Martin Rees ⓘ Roger Penrose ⓘ Stephen Hawking ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
England
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Lancashire ⓘ Manchester ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
England
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Oxford ⓘ Oxfordshire ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
director of the astrophysics sector at SISSA
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professor of astrophysics at the University of Oxford ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Cambridge, England
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Cambridge
London, England ⓘ
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London
Oxford ⓘ Trieste, Italy ⓘ
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Trieste
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Dennis William Siahou Sciama