Brandon Carter
Brandon Carter, FRS (born 1942) is an Australian theoretical physicist who explores the properties of black holes, and was the first to name and employ the anthropic principle in its contemporary form. He is a researcher at the Meudon campus of the Laboratoire Univers et Théories, part of the CNRS.
Brandon Carter | |
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| Born | 1942 (age 81–82) Australia |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
| Known for | Anthropic principle Carter constant No-hair theorem Carter–Penrose diagrams Doomsday argument |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | General relativity |
| Institutions | CNRS |
| Doctoral advisor | Dennis Sciama |
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