Wolfgang Rindler

Austrian physicist (1924-2019) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 94

Wolfgang Rindler was an Austrian physicist studying general relativity. He is known for introducing the term "event horizon" for the boundary of a black hole, Rindler coordinates, and for the use of spinors in general relativity.

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An honorary member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and foreign member of the Accademia delle Scienze di Torino, he was also a prolific textbook author.

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