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The Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Toronto is an astronomical research centre. [1] [2] [3]The institute was founded in 2008 with the help of endowed gifts to the University of Toronto from David M. Dunlap and J. Moffat Dunlap, [4] using the proceeds from the sale of the David Dunlap Observatory.
The concept of a nationally supported institute for theoretical astrophysics dates back to discussions within the Canadian Astronomical Society in the early 1980s. A series of committees advocated a model of a university‑based institute governed by a council of Canadian astrophysicists.
The University of Toronto Libraries system is the largest academic library in Canada and is ranked third among peer institutions in North America, behind only Harvard and Yale. [1] The system consists of 40 libraries located on University of Toronto 's three university campuses: St. George (downtown Toronto), Mississauga and Scarborough. [ 2 ]
The University of Toronto Department of Mathematics is an academic department within the Faculty of Arts and Science at the University of Toronto. It is located at the university's main campus at the Bahen Centre for Information Technology .
Kimberly "Kim" E. Strong is an atmospheric physicist and the first woman to serve as chair of the Department of Physics at the University of Toronto. [1] Her research involves studying stratospheric ozone chemistry, climate, and air quality using ground-based, balloon-borne and satellite instruments.
John W. Moffat (born 24 May 1932) [1] is a Canadian physicist. He is currently professor emeritus of physics at the University of Toronto [2] and is also an adjunct professor of physics at the University of Waterloo and a resident affiliate member of the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics.
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A. W. Peet (born 1968) [2] is a professor of physics at the University of Toronto.Peet's research interests include string theory as a quantum theory of gravity, quantum field theory and applications of string theory to black holes, gauge theories, cosmology, [2] and the correspondence between anti-de Sitter space and conformal field theories (Maldacena duality).