Wolfgang Rindler

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Wolfgang Rindler
Education	B.Sc. and M.Sc., Liverpool University, Ph.D., Imperial College, London
Occupation	Physicist
Employers	University of Texas, Dallas
Title	Professor
Known for	Coining phrase "event horizon", physics text books
Website http://www.utdallas.edu/physics/faculty/wolfgang.html

Wolfgang Rindler PhD is a leading physicist working in the field of General Relativity where he is well known for introducing the term "event horizon", rindler coordinates, and (in collaboration with Roger Penrose) for popularizing the use of spinors in general relativity. He is also a prolific textbook author.

Contents 1 Education 2 Career 3 Personal Life 4 References 5 See also 6 References

[edit] Education

Rindler gained his B.Sc. and M.Sc. from Liverpool University and his Ph.D. from Imperial College, London.

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Rindler worked at Liverpool University, London University, Cornell University, Southwest Center for Advanced Studies^[1] before working at the University of Texas, Dallas

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[edit] See also

• Bell's spaceship paradox
• Rindler coordinates
• Unruh effect
• Ladder paradox

[edit] References

• Rindler, Wolfgang (2001). Relativity: Special, General, and Cosmological. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850836-0.  A widely used textbook.