W. G. Unruh

W. G. Unruh
Unruh teaching "PHYS 407 - Introduction to General Relativity" at University of British Columbia (December 2008)
Born
William George Unruh

(1945-08-28) 28 August 1945 (age 78)
EducationUniversity of Manitoba (B.Sc.)
Princeton University (M.A., Ph.D.)
Known forUnruh effect
Sonic black hole
AwardsRutherford Memorial Medal (1982)
Herzberg Medal (1983)
Steacie Prize (1984)
E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship (1984–1986)
BC Science Council Gold Medal (1990)
Royal Society Fellowship (2001)
Scientific career
FieldsTheoretical physics
General Relativity
Quantum Mechanics
InstitutionsUniversity of British Columbia
Doctoral advisorJohn Archibald Wheeler
Doctoral studentsJonathan Oppenheim

William George Unruh (/ˈʌnr/;[citation needed] born August 28, 1945) is a Canadian physicist at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver who described the hypothetical Unruh effect in 1976.


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