John A. Smolin

American physicist
Person human Q6217950
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Summary

John A. Smolin is a human[1]. Born in New York City[2], he… he was born on +1967-01-01T00:00:00Z[3]. He worked as a physicist[4] and researcher[5]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month, #7,297 of 1,000,298).[6]

Key Facts

  • John A. Smolin's place of birth was New York City[2].
  • John A. Smolin was born on +1967-01-01T00:00:00Z[3].
  • John A. Smolin held citizenship in United States[7].
  • John A. Smolin's professions included physicist[4].
  • John A. Smolin's professions included researcher[5].
  • John A. Smolin's field of work was quantum information[8].
  • John A. Smolin's field of work was quantum technology[9].
  • John A. Smolin was employed by IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center[10].
  • John A. Smolin was educated at Massachusetts Institute of Technology[11].
  • John A. Smolin was educated at University of California, Los Angeles[12].
  • John A. Smolin's image is recorded as JohnSmolin2009.jpg[13].
  • John A. Smolin is recorded as male[14].
  • John A. Smolin's instance of is recorded as human[15].
  • John A. Smolin's ISNI is recorded as 0000000053285397[16].
  • John A. Smolin's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 48834561[17].
  • John A. Smolin's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no97052095[18].
  • John A. Smolin's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/07k86zr[19].
  • John A. Smolin's family name is recorded as Smolin[20].
  • John A. Smolin's given name is recorded as John[21].
  • John A. Smolin's zbMATH author ID is recorded as smolin.john-a[22].
  • John A. Smolin's Google Scholar author ID is recorded as wGK-MJYAAAAJ[23].
  • John A. Smolin's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[24].
  • John A. Smolin's WorldCat Entities ID is recorded as E39PBJxMp6g3v7FyMmKVP6JhpP[25].

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Origins and Family

John A. Smolin was born in New York City[2]. He was born on +1967-01-01T00:00:00Z[3].

Education

Educated at Massachusetts Institute of Technology[11], a university[26], in United States[27], founded in 1861[28], headquartered in Cambridge[29] and University of California, Los Angeles[12], a public research university[30], in United States[31], founded in 1919[32], headquartered in Los Angeles[33].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include physicist[4] and researcher[5]. Fields of work include quantum information[8] and quantum technology[9], a type of technology[34]. John A. Smolin was employed by IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center[10].

Why It Matters

John A. Smolin ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month, #7,297 of 1,000,298).[6]

FAQs

Where was John A. Smolin born?

John A. Smolin was born in New York City[2].

What did John A. Smolin do for work?

John A. Smolin worked as physicist[4] and researcher[5].

Where did John A. Smolin go to school?

John A. Smolin was educated at Massachusetts Institute of Technology[11] and University of California, Los Angeles[12].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  9. [9] ↑ . quantum-journal.org. Retrieved . quantum-journal.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [5] ↑ . quantum-journal.org. Retrieved . quantum-journal.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  23. [25] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [6] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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