Dr. William Unruh

Unruh is a theoretical physicist whose work has ranged over a broad area and concentrated on fundamental problems. His most important contributions are a rigorous demonstration that a Kerr Black Hole emits particles, and that an accelerated detector in vacuo at 0°K behaves as if bathed in radiation at a temperature proportional to the acceleration. He has received numerous honours including the Herzberg Medal of the CAP and The Rutherford Medal in Physics.