Professor
Robert Manuel Wald
University of Chicago
Physicist; Educator
Area
Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Specialty
Astronomy, Astrophysics, and Earth Sciences
Elected
2000
Research focuses on classical and quantum aspects of gravitation. Has written a comprehensive monograph on general relativity. Much of his research concerns the theory of black holes---ie., regions of no escape created by the complete gravitational collapse of a body---including the theory of particle creation by black holes and the relationship between the laws of black hole physics and the laws of thermodynamics.
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