# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/carl-h-brans
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:20:24.566Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/carl-h-brans"
name: "Carl H. Brans"
slug: "carl-h-brans"
description: "Carl Henry Brans was an American mathematical physicist best known for his research into the theoretical underpinnings of gravitation elucidated in his most widely publicized work, the Brans–Dicke theory."
tagline: "American physicist (1935-2026)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Carl-brans-loyola-university-new-orleans.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1935-12-13"
deathDate: "2026-02-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.851216593538093
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump