Dennis Sciama

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academic cosmologist human theoretical physicist

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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Label Occurrences
Dennis Sciama canonical 13
David Sciama 3
Dennis W. Sciama 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf academic ⓘ
cosmologist ⓘ
human ⓘ
theoretical physicist ⓘ
academicDegree Doctor of Philosophy ⓘ
causeOfDeath liver disease ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
dateOfBirth 1926-11-18 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1999-12-18 ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor Paul Dirac ⓘ
doctoralThesisTitle On the Origin of Inertia ⓘ
doctoralThesisYear 1953 ⓘ
educatedAt Malvern College ⓘ
Trinity College, Cambridge ⓘ
Cambridge University ⓘ
surface form: University of Cambridge
employer Cornell University ⓘ
International School for Advanced Studies ⓘ
King’s College London ⓘ
International School for Advanced Studies ⓘ
surface form: SISSA

Cambridge University ⓘ
surface form: University of Cambridge

University of Oxford ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jewish ⓘ
familyName Sciama ⓘ
fieldOfWork astrophysics ⓘ
cosmology ⓘ
general relativity ⓘ
theoretical physics ⓘ
fullName Dennis Sciama self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Dennis William Siahou Sciama
givenName Dennis ⓘ
hasWork Big Bang cosmology ⓘ
surface form: Modern Cosmology

The Unity of the Universe ⓘ
influenced development of relativistic cosmology ⓘ
influencedBy Ernst Mach ⓘ
Paul Dirac ⓘ
knownFor contributions to modern cosmology ⓘ
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 ⓘ
David Deutsch ⓘ
Gary Gibbons ⓘ
George Ellis ⓘ
John D. Barrow ⓘ
surface form: John Barrow

Martin Rees ⓘ
Roger Penrose ⓘ
Stephen Hawking ⓘ
placeOfBirth England ⓘ
Lancashire ⓘ
Manchester ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
placeOfDeath England ⓘ
Oxford ⓘ
Oxfordshire ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
positionHeld director of the astrophysics sector at SISSA ⓘ
professor of astrophysics at the University of Oxford ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
workLocation Cambridge, England ⓘ
surface form: Cambridge

London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

Oxford ⓘ
Trieste, Italy ⓘ
surface form: Trieste

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Stephen Hawking → doctoralAdvisor → Dennis Sciama ⓘ
Dennis Sciama → name → Dennis Sciama self-link ⓘ
Dennis Sciama → fullName → Dennis Sciama self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dennis William Siahou Sciama
David Deutsch → doctoralAdvisor → Dennis Sciama ⓘ
Mach principle → debatedBy → Dennis Sciama ⓘ
Peierls → notableStudent → Dennis Sciama ⓘ
subject surface form: Rudolf Peierls
this entity surface form: Denis Sciama
Martin Rees → doctoralAdvisor → Dennis Sciama ⓘ
Sciama → hasNotableBearer → Dennis Sciama ⓘ
Sciama → hasNotableBearer → Dennis Sciama ⓘ
this entity surface form: David Sciama
Sciama → doctoralStudent → Dennis Sciama ⓘ
subject surface form: Dennis Sciama
this entity surface form: David Sciama
Sciama → influenced → Dennis Sciama ⓘ
subject surface form: Dennis Sciama
this entity surface form: David Sciama
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this entity surface form: Dennis William Sciama
On the Origin of Inertia → author → Dennis Sciama ⓘ
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The Unity of the Universe → author → Dennis Sciama ⓘ
The Unity of the Universe → authorName → Dennis Sciama ⓘ
The Unity of the Universe → hasAuthor → Dennis Sciama ⓘ
George Ellis → coAuthor → Dennis Sciama ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dennis W. Sciama
George Ellis → hasAcademicAdvisor → Dennis Sciama ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dennis W. Sciama
Gary W. Gibbons → hasAcademicAdvisor → Dennis Sciama ⓘ
Dennis Sciama Building → namedAfter → Dennis Sciama ⓘ