Joseph Polchinski

Joseph Polchinski (May 16, 1954 – February 2, 2018) was an American theoretical physicist and string theorist.^[1] He was born in White Plains, New York. Polchinski wrote the two-volume textbook String Theory, published in 1998. Among his many contributions to theoretical physics, D-branes are the best known. In 2008 he won the Dirac Medal for his work in superstring theory.^[2] He won the 2017 Fundamental Physics Prize.^[3]

Polchinski died on February 2, 2018 in Santa Barbara, California at the age of 63.^[4]

References

1. "Joe Polchinski (1954-2018): La teoría de cuerdas está de luto". La Ciencia de la Mula Francis (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2018-02-03.
2. "ictp.it". Archived from the original on 2015-06-23. Retrieved 2018-02-05.
3. Leachman, Shelly (December 5, 2016). "Another Major Breakthrough". University of California, Santa Barbara. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
4. Yang, Henry T. (2 February 2018). "Obituary: Professor Emeritus Joseph Polchinski". UC Santa Barbara.