- Wolfgang Rindler
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known_for = Coining phrase "event horizon ", physics text books
education = B.Sc. and M.Sc., Liverpool University, Ph.D., Imperial College, London
employer =University of Texas at Dallas
occupation = Physicist
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website = http://www.utdallas.edu/physics/faculty/wolfgang.html
footnotes =Wolfgang Rindler is a leading
physicist working in the field ofGeneral Relativity where he is well known for introducing the term "event horizon ",Rindler coordinates , and (in collaboration withRoger Penrose ) for popularizing the use ofspinors in general relativity. He is also a prolific textbook author.Education
Rindler gained his B.Sc. and M.Sc. from
Liverpool University and his Ph.D. fromImperial College , London.Career
Rindler worked at Liverpool University, London University,
Cornell University ,Southwest Center for Advanced Studies cite web|url=http://www.utdallas.edu/physics/faculty/wolfgang.html|title=UT Dallas Biography|date=2006-11-06|accessdate=2008-01-28] before working at theUniversity of Texas at Dallas Personal life
References
ee also
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Bell's spaceship paradox
*Rindler coordinates
*Unruh effect
*Ladder paradox References
*cite book | author=Rindler, Wolfgang | title=Relativity: Special, General, and Cosmological| publisher=Oxford University Press| year=2001 | id=ISBN 0-19-850836-0 A widely used textbook.
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