Dennis W. Sciama
British physicist (1926-1999) · United Kingdom · On the map · Scientists · Died at 73
Dennis William Siahou Sciama, was an English physicist who, through his own work and that of his students, played a major role in developing British physics after the Second World War.
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He was the PhD supervisor to many famous physicists and astrophysicists, including John D. Barrow, David Deutsch, George F. R. Ellis, Stephen Hawking, Adrian Melott and Martin Rees, among others; he is considered one of the fathers of modern cosmology.
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Lived 1926 to 1999 · aged 73
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