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10 Facts About Thomas Fink

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Thomas Fink was born on 1972 and is an Anglo-American physicist, author and entrepreneur.

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Thomas Fink has published papers in statistical physics and its applications, written two books and designed an iPhone app.

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Thomas Fink set up the London Institute for Mathematical Sciences and is a manager of research at the French National Centre for Scientific Research.

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Thomas Fink then moved to England for his PhD at St John's College, Cambridge, where he was supervised by Robin Ball in the TCM group of the Cavendish Laboratory.

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Thomas Fink was a Research Fellow at Caius College, Cambridge and did a postdoc at Ecole Normale Superieure with Bernard Derrida.

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Thomas Fink now occupies his current positions at the London Institute and the CNRS.

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Thomas Fink published his first paper in the journal Science at the age of 20 while at Caltech and received his PhD at the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge.

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Thomas Fink uses statistical mechanics to study complex systems in physics and interdisciplinary fields.

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Thomas Fink has recently studied role of strategy and serendipity in innovation.

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Thomas Fink founded the London Institute for Mathematical Sciences, a non-profit institute for physics and mathematics research.