Charles Thorn

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Dr. Charles Thorn

Nationality USA
Field Physics
Institutions University of Florida
Alma mater Massachusetts Institute of Technology
University of California, Berkeley

Charles Thorn is a Professor of Physics at University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida.[1] He played an important role in the development of Dual Models and String Theory.[2] Among his contributions is the proof of the non-existence of ghosts in certain aspects of the theory. The Goddard–Thorn theorem is a mathematical theorem about certain vector spaces in string theory. Thorn developed it with Peter Goddard.

[edit] Academic career

Thorn obtained his undergraduate degree in Physics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and completed his Ph.D in Physics from University of California, Berkeley in 1971 under the supervision of Stanley Mandelstam. He has held postdoctoral positions at MIT and CERN.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Charles Thorn at University of Florida
  2. ^ Goddard P. From dual models to string theory, The Birth of String Theory (18–19 May 2007) (accessed 16 April 2008)

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