Bill Unruh

William G. Unruh is a physicist at university of British Columbia who discovered the Unruh effect.

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Achievement: Contributing to theories on gravity and black holes, early cosmology, and quantum phenomena. Birthdate: August 28, 1945. Birthplace: Winnipeg, Manitoba. Residence: Vancouver, BC. Degrees: BSc University of Manitoba, 1967. MA Princeton University, New Jersey, 1969. PhD Princeton, 1971. Awards: Rutherford medal of the Royal Society of Canada, 1982. Herzberg Medal of the Canadian Association of Physics, 1983 . Steacie Prize, 1984 . Steacie Fellowship, 1984-86 . BC Science Council Gold Medal, 1990 . Royal Society of London, 2001.