Dennis William Sciama
Physicist, Academic
1926 – 1999
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Who was Dennis William Sciama?
Dennis William Siahou Sciama, FRS was a British physicist who, through his own work and that of his students, played a major role in developing British physics after the Second World War. He is considered one of the fathers of modern cosmology.
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- Born
- Nov 18, 1926
Manchester - Also known as
- Dennis William Siahou Sciama
- D. W. Sciama
- Religion
- Judaism
- Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Mizrahi Jews
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Italy
- Profession
- Education
- University of Cambridge
- Employment
- University of Cambridge
- Harvard University
- University of Texas at Austin
- Cornell University
- University of Oxford
- King's College London
- Lived in
- United Kingdom
- Manchester
- Died
- Dec 19, 1999
Oxford
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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