Mathematician:John Carlos Baez

Mathematician

American mathematician and physicist known for his work in spin foams in loop quantum gravity.

Also known for his writings on octonions and higher-order Clifford algebras.

Cousin of the singer-songwriter and political activist Joan Baez.

Nationality

American

History

• Born: June 12 1961, San Francisco, California, United States

Publications

• 1994: Knots and Quantum Gravity
• 2002: The Octonions (Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. Vol. 39: pp. 145 – 205)
• 2003: Mysteries of the gravitational 2-body problem
• 2005: Errata for "The Octonions" (Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. Vol. 42: p. 213)