Guido Beck

Guido Beck
Guido Beck 1971–72
Born(1903-08-29)August 29, 1903
Liberec, Austria-Hungary
DiedOctober 21, 1988(1988-10-21) (aged 85)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Alma materUniversity of Vienna
Known forwork on gravitational waves; contributions to beta decay
Scientific career
FieldsTheoretical physics
InstitutionsUniversity of Odessa, University of Coimbra, University of Porto, Instituto Balseiro, Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas
Doctoral advisorHans Thirring
Doctoral studentsJosé Antonio Balseiro

Guido Beck (29 August 1903 – 21 October 1988) was an Argentine physicist of German Bohemian origin, who was born in Liberec and died in Rio de Janeiro. He discovered all cylindrically symmetric nonrotating vacuum solutions in general relativity, which is the first instance of exactly solved gravitational waves.

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