Rafael Sorkin

American physicist
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Rafael Sorkin

Summary

Rafael Sorkin is a human[1]. He worked as a physicist[2] and theoretical physicist[3]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month, #7,298 of 1,000,298).[4]

Key Facts

  • Rafael Sorkin worked as a physicist[2].
  • Rafael Sorkin worked as a theoretical physicist[3].
  • Rafael Sorkin was educated at California Institute of Technology[5].
  • Rafael Sorkin's doctoral advisor was James E. Gunn[6].
  • Rafael Sorkin's doctoral advisor was Kip S. Thorne[7].
  • Rafael Sorkin's image is recorded as Rafael Sorkin August 2004.jpg[8].
  • Rafael Sorkin is recorded as male[9].
  • Rafael Sorkin's instance of is recorded as human[10].
  • Rafael Sorkin supervised David Rideout as a doctoral student[11].
  • Rafael Sorkin supervised Yasaman Yazdi as a doctoral student[12].
  • Rafael Sorkin supervised Nosiphiwo Zwane as a doctoral student[13].
  • Rafael Sorkin supervised Mehdi Saravani as a doctoral student[14].
  • Rafael Sorkin supervised Roberto B. Salgado as a doctoral student[15].
  • Rafael Sorkin's Commons category is recorded as Rafael Sorkin[16].
  • Rafael Sorkin's Mathematics Genealogy Project ID is recorded as 154162[17].
  • Rafael Sorkin's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0bp373[18].
  • Rafael Sorkin's family name is recorded as Sorkin[19].
  • Rafael Sorkin's given name is recorded as Rafael[20].
  • Rafael Sorkin's Google Scholar author ID is recorded as Tcs8_zAAAAAJ[21].
  • Rafael Sorkin's DBLP author ID is recorded as 120/1967[22].
  • Rafael Sorkin's INSPIRE-HEP author ID is recorded as R.D.Sorkin.1[23].
  • Rafael Sorkin's nLab ID is recorded as Rafael Sorkin[24].
  • Rafael Sorkin's AstroGen ID is recorded as 34045[25].

Body

Education

Rafael Sorkin was educated at California Institute of Technology[5]. Doctoral advisors include James E. Gunn[6], an astronomer[26], b. 1938[27], of United States[28], awarded the Gruber Prize in Cosmology[29] and Kip S. Thorne[7], a physicist[30], b. 1940[31], of United States[32], awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship[33], specialised in physics[34].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include physicist[2] and theoretical physicist[3]. Doctoral students include David Rideout[11], a theoretical physicist[35]; Yasaman Yazdi[12], a physicist[36]; Nosiphiwo Zwane[13], a physicist[37]; Mehdi Saravani[14], a physicist[38]; and Roberto B. Salgado[15], a physicist[39].

Why It Matters

Rafael Sorkin ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month, #7,298 of 1,000,298).[4]

FAQs

What did Rafael Sorkin do for work?

Rafael Sorkin worked as physicist[2] and theoretical physicist[3].

Where did Rafael Sorkin go to school?

Rafael Sorkin was educated at California Institute of Technology[5].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  7. [6] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  8. [7] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . 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
  10. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [4] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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