Ezra T. Newman
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Ezra Ted Newman | |
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Born | Bronx, New York, U.S. | October 17, 1929
Died | March 24, 2021 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. | (aged 91)
Alma mater | The Bronx H.S. of Science New York University Syracuse University |
Known for | Newman–Penrose formalism Kerr–Newman metric |
Scientific career | |
Fields | General relativity |
Institutions | University of Pittsburgh |
Doctoral advisor | Peter Bergmann |
Ezra Theodore (Ted) Newman (October 17, 1929 – March 24, 2021[1]) was an American physicist. He was known for his many works to general relativity theory. He was Professor Emeritus at the University of Pittsburgh. Newman was awarded the 2011 Einstein Prize from the American Physical Society.