Michael Green (physicist)
Michael Boris Green FRS HonFInstP (born 22 May 1946) is a British physicist and a pioneer of string theory. He is a Professor of Theoretical Physics in the School of Physics and Astronomy at Queen Mary University of London, emeritus professor in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics and a Fellow of Clare Hall, Cambridge. He was Lucasian Professor of Mathematics from 2009 to 2015.
Michael Green | |
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| Born | Michael Boris Green 22 May 1946 London |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Churchill College, Cambridge |
| Known for | Lorentz-covariant description of superstrings Classification of the consistent ten-dimensional superstring theories Green–Schwarz mechanism GS formalism |
| Spouse | Joanna Chataway |
| Awards | Maxwell Medal and Prize (1987) Dirac Medal (ICTP) (1989) Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics (2002) Dirac Medal (IOP) (2004) Naylor Prize and Lectureship (2007) Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2013) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Theoretical Physics |
| Institutions | University of Cambridge Queen Mary College, University of London Princeton University University of Oxford |
| Thesis | Crossing Symmetry And Duality in Strong Interactions (1970) |
| Doctoral advisor | Richard J. Eden |
| Website | www www |
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