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Louis Witten

American theoretical physicist · United States · On the map · Scientists · Born 1921 · age 105

Louis W. Witten is an American theoretical physicist and the father of the physicist Edward Witten. Witten's research has centered on classical gravitation, including the discovery of certain exact electrovacuum solutions to the Einstein field equation.

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Scientists
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Born 1921 · age 105