Daniel Friedan

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Daniel Friedan
Born
Daniel Harry Friedan

(1948-10-03) October 3, 1948 (age 75)
New York City, US
OccupationTheoretical physicist at Rutgers University
Known forString theory, two-dimensional conformal field theory, quantum gravity
SpouseRagnheiður Guðmundsdóttir
Children3
Parent
AwardsLars Onsager Prize (2010)

Daniel Harry Friedan (born October 3, 1948)[1] is an American theoretical physicist and one of three children of the feminist author and activist Betty Friedan.[2] He is a professor at Rutgers University.

Biography

Education and career

Friedan earned his Ph.D. from the

MacArthur Fellow in 1987.[3][4]

In 1979, he showed that the equations of motions of string theory, which are generalizations of the

Einstein equations of general relativity, emerge from the renormalization group equations for the two-dimensional field theory.[5]

Friedan has worked in

quantum computers
.

Friedan received the 2010 Lars Onsager Prize from the American Physical Society "for seminal work on the classification and characterization of two-dimensional unitary conformal field theories of critical states."[6] He teaches at Rutgers University currently.

Personal life

Daniel is married to an Icelandic physics teacher, Ragnheiður Guðmundsdóttir. They have two daughters and one son together.

References

  1. ^ Judith Adler Hennessee, Betty Friedan: her life, Random House, 1999, p.50
  2. ^ Feminist author, icon Betty Friedan dies at 85, USA Today, February 4, 2006. Accessed August 1, 2011
  3. ^ American Physical Society Recognizes Rutgers Professors for Outstanding Research, Rutgers University newstelease, March 16, 2010. Accessed August 1, 2011
  4. ^ MacArthur `Genius Awards' To 32; Honors List Includes Washington WriterArchived 2016-03-07 at the Wayback Machine, The Washington Post, June 16, 1987
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  6. ^ 2010 Lars Onsager Prize Recipient, American Physical Society. Accessed August 1, 2011

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