Cumrun Vafa Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Cumrun Vafa, based on 2 World History Database records associated with Iran.

2 records1960–19962 events0 places

Chronological biography

1960

Birth of Cumrun Vafa1960

Science / Astronomy

Birth of Cumrun Vafa

1996

Black Holes1996

Science / Astronomy

Andrew Strominger and Cumrun Vafa use string theory to calculate the entropy of a black hole, getting the same answer as Hawking and Bekenstein

Record provenance

This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.