# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/fred-alan-wolf
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:19:06.424Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/fred-alan-wolf"
name: "Fred Alan Wolf"
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description: "Fred Alan Wolf is an American theoretical physicist specializing in quantum physics and the relationship between physics and consciousness. He is a former physics professor at San Diego State University, and has helped to popularize science on the Discovery Channel. He is the author of a number of physics-themed books including Taking the Quantum Leap (1981), The Dreaming Universe (1994), Mind into Matter (2000), and Time Loops and Space Twists (2011)."
tagline: "American theoretical physicist"
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birthDate: "1934-12-03"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump