Wolfgang Rindler

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Professor

Wolfgang Rindler
Born(1924-05-18)18 May 1924
Vienna, Austria
Died8 February 2019(2019-02-08) (aged 94)
EducationUniversity of Liverpool
Imperial College London
Known forEvent Horizon
Essential Relativity
Rindler coordinates
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsUniversity of Texas at Dallas
Websitewww.utdallas.edu/physics/faculty/wolfgang.html

Wolfgang Rindler (18 May 1924 – 8 February 2019) was an Austrian-born American physicist. He worked in the field of General Relativity where he was known for introducing the term "event horizon", Rindler coordinates, and for popularizing the use of spinors in general relativity.

He was an honorary member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and foreign member of the Accademia delle Scienze di Torino [it],[1] he was also a prolific textbook author.

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  1. "Wolfgang A. Rindler". University of Texas - Dallas. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2017.