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Алексей Старобинский | |
Born | Moscow, Soviet Union | 19 April 1948
Died | 21 December 2023 | (aged 75)
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Thesis | Quantum Effects and the Amplification of Waves in Strong Gravitational Forces (1975) |
Doctoral advisor | Yakov Zeldovich |
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Alexei Alexandrovich Starobinsky (Russian: Алексе́й Алекса́ндрович Староби́нский; 19 April 1948 – 21 December 2023) was a Soviet and Russian theoretical physicist and cosmologist. He was a pioneer of the theory of cosmic inflation, for which he received the 2014 Kavli Prize in Astrophysics together with Alan Guth and Andrei Linde.