Charles W. Misner
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| Born |
June 13, 1932 Jackson, Michigan, United States |
| Fields | General relativity |
| Institutions |
Princeton University University of Maryland |
| Alma mater | University of Notre Dame<br<Princeton University |
| Doctoral advisor | John Wheeler |
| Doctoral students |
Carl H. Brans Ralph F. Baierlein Lawrence C. Shepley Walter C. Hernandez Jr. Richard A. Isaacson Richard A. Matzner Vincent Moncrief C. V. Vishveshwara Samaresh C. Maitra Michael P. Ryan Jr. D. M. Chitre Leslie G. Fishbone Beverly K. Berger Reinhard A. Breuer Paul L. Chrzanowski James M. Nester James A. Isenberg William A. Hiscock Terrence J. Honan Mark D. Somers Christopher R. Stephens David R. Fiske Conrad Schiff |
| Known for |
Gravitation Mixmaster universe Misner space ADM formalism |
| Notable awards |
Guggenheim Fellowship Heineman Prize (1994) |
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Charles W. Misner (/ˈmɪsnər/; born June 13, 1932) is an American physicist and one of the authors of Gravitation. His specialties include general relativity and cosmology. His work has also provided early foundations for studies of quantum gravity and numerical relativity.
Misner received his B.S. degree from the University of Notre Dame in 1952. He then moved to Princeton University where he earned an M.A. in 1954 and completed his Ph.D. in 1957. His dissertation, Outline of Feynman Quantization of General Relativity; Derivation of Field Equations; Vanishing of the Hamiltonian, was completed under John Wheeler.
Prior to completing his Ph.D., Misner joined the faculty of Princeton Physics Department with the rank of Instructor (1956–1959) and was subsequently promoted to assistant professor (1959–1963). In 1963 he moved to the University of Maryland, College Park as an associate professor and achieved full professor status there in 1966. Since 2000, Misner has been Professor Emeritus of Physics, which is part of the University of Maryland College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences at the University of Maryland, where he continues to be a member of the Gravitation Theory Group. During his career, Misner advised 22 Ph.D. students primarily at Princeton and at the University of Maryland.
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