W. G. Unruh | |
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Born | William George Unruh 28 August 1945 |
Education | University of Manitoba (B.Sc.) Princeton University (M.A., Ph.D.) |
Known for | Unruh effect Sonic black hole |
Awards | Rutherford 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 | |
Fields | Theoretical physics General Relativity Quantum Mechanics |
Institutions | University of British Columbia |
Doctoral advisor | John Archibald Wheeler |
Doctoral students | Jonathan Oppenheim |
William George Unruh (/ˈʌnruː/;[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.