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Tsvi Piran

Israeli theoretical physicist and astrophysicistborn 1949

Wikidata names Jacob Shaham and Joseph Katz as doctoral advisors and lists 2 doctoral students. Linked to Wikidata, ORCID, and 7 other registers.

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Tsvi Piran, pictured

Two steps up and one down. Solid lines from Wikidata. The full sheet opens at four up and two down.

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Advisors on Wikidata2

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Students on Wikidata2

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

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The advisors of their advisors, four steps up at most, in the thesis records and on Wikidata, each kind marked; a person in both is listed once.

Below them, within 3 steps, the record reaches 2 people: 2 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career4

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records. Each place opens its Wikidata item.