James Hartle

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James Hartle was an American theoretical physicist and cosmologist best known for his work on quantum cosmology and for co-developing the Hartle–Hawking no-boundary proposal with Stephen Hawking.

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instanceOf American physicist
human
theoretical physicist
academicDegree PhD in physics
associatedWith Institute for Theoretical Physics at UCSB NERFINISHED
authorOf Gravity: An Introduction to Einstein’s General Relativity NERFINISHED
awardReceived American Physical Society Einstein Prize NERFINISHED
birthDate 1939-08-17
birthPlace Baltimore, Maryland, United States NERFINISHED
citizenship United States of America
coAuthorWith Stephen Hawking NERFINISHED
coDeveloperOf Hartle–Hawking no-boundary proposal NERFINISHED
deathDate 2023-05-17
doctoralAdvisor John Archibald Wheeler NERFINISHED
educatedAt Brown University
Princeton University
employer University of California, Santa Barbara NERFINISHED
familyName Hartle NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork cosmology
general relativity
quantum cosmology
theoretical physics
fullName James Burkett Hartle NERFINISHED
gender male
givenName James
hasAcademicPublication Gravity: An Introduction to Einstein’s General Relativity NERFINISHED
hasConcept Hartle–Hawking state NERFINISHED
influencedBy Albert Einstein NERFINISHED
John Archibald Wheeler NERFINISHED
knownFor Hartle–Hawking no-boundary proposal NERFINISHED
contributions to general relativity
work on quantum cosmology
languageSpoken English
memberOf American Physical Society
nationality American
notableStudent Don Page NERFINISHED
positionHeld emeritus professor of physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara
professor of physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara
researchInterest foundations of quantum mechanics
quantum mechanics of the universe
theoryDeveloped no-boundary proposal for the wave function of the universe
workplace University of California, Santa Barbara NERFINISHED

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