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John Preskill

John Phillip Preskill (born January 19, 1953) is an American theoretical physicist and the Richard P. Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at the California Institute of Technology, where he is also the director of the Institute for Quantum Information and Matter.

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Known for
Thorne–Hawking–Preskill bet, Hayden–Preskill thought experiment, Continuous-variable quantum information, NISQ era Gottesman–Kitaev–Preskill code
Alma mater
Princeton University (B.A.), Harvard University (Ph.D.)
Born
(1953-01-19) January 19, 1953 (age 73) Highland Park, Illinois
Citizenship
United States
Doctoral advisor
Steven Weinberg
Doctoral students
Peter Galison Daniel Gottesman Anton Kapustin Sandip Trivedi Graeme Smith (physicist) Nicole Yunger Halpern

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related to External links · 5
John Preskill → Caltech, Media, Quantum Information, Wikimedia CommonsPreskill's Caltech, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
Alma mater · 1
John Preskill → Princeton University (B.A.), Harvard University (Ph.D.)
Born · 1
John Preskill → (1953-01-19) January 19, 1953 (age 73) Highland Park, Illinois
Citizenship · 1
John Preskill → United States
Doctoral advisor · 1
John Preskill → Steven Weinberg
Doctoral students · 1
John Preskill → Peter Galison Daniel Gottesman Anton Kapustin Sandip Trivedi Graeme Smith (physicist) Nicole Yunger Halpern
Fields · 1
John Preskill → Theoretical Physics
Known for · 1
John Preskill → Thorne–Hawking–Preskill bet, Hayden–Preskill thought experiment, Continuous-variable quantum information, NISQ era Gottesman–Kitaev–Preskill code
Spouse · 1
John Preskill → Roberta Preskill (2 children)
Thesis · 1
John Preskill → Unified gauge theories without elementary scalar fields (1980)

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John PreskillAlma materPrinceton University (B.A.), Harvard University (Ph.D.)1.00infobox
John PreskillBorn(1953-01-19) January 19, 1953 (age 73) Highland Park, Illinois1.00infobox
John PreskillCitizenshipUnited States1.00infobox
John PreskillDoctoral advisorSteven Weinberg1.00infobox
John PreskillDoctoral studentsPeter Galison Daniel Gottesman Anton Kapustin Sandip Trivedi Graeme Smith (physicist) Nicole Yunger Halpern1.00infobox
John PreskillFieldsTheoretical Physics1.00infobox
John PreskillKnown forThorne–Hawking–Preskill bet, Hayden–Preskill thought experiment, Continuous-variable quantum information, NISQ era Gottesman–Kitaev–Preskill code1.00infobox
John PreskillSpouseRoberta Preskill (2 children)1.00infobox
John PreskillThesisUnified gauge theories without elementary scalar fields (1980)1.00infobox
John PreskillWorkplacesCalifornia Institute of Technology1.00infobox
John Preskillrelated to External linksWiktionary-logo-en-v20.60section
John Preskillrelated to External linksMedia0.60section

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