Behram Kurşunoğlu, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Behram Kurşunoğlu

Turkish physicist

Date of Birth: 14-Mar-1922

Place of Birth: Çaykara, Turkey

Date of Death: 25-Oct-2003

Profession: physicist, theoretical physicist

Nationality: Turkey

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Behram Kursunoglu (14 March 1922 – 25 October 2003) was a Turkish physicist and the founder and the director of the Center for Theoretical Studies, University of Miami.
He was best known for his works on unified field theory, energy and global issues.
Moreover, he participated in the discovery of two different types of neutrinos in late 1950s.
During his University of Miami career, he hosted several Nobel Prize laureates, including Paul Dirac, Lars Onsager and Robert Hofstadter.
He wrote several books on diverse aspects of physics, the most notable of which is Modern Quantum Theory (1962).