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Rafael Sorkin

American physicist

Supervised 4 doctoral students; Wikidata names James E. Gunn and Kip S. Thorne as doctoral advisors and lists 5 doctoral students. Linked to Wikidata, Google Scholar, and 3 other registers.

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Rafael Sorkin, pictured

Two steps up and one down. Dashed lines come from thesis records, solid lines from Wikidata. The full sheet opens at four up and two down.

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Students4

Advisors on Wikidata2

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Students on Wikidata5

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 9 people: 4 cited by thesis records, 5 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career1

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