Karl Schwarzschild
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German physicist, astronomer and mathematician (1873–1916)
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Black Holes. Explained. For 1.5 Hours.
PBS Space Time
Named in the context of the Schwarzschild metric — the exact solution to Einstein's equations describing a spherically symmetric (non-rotating) black hole and its coordinate singularities (event horizon).
Cumrun Vafa: String Theory | Lex Fridman Podcast #204
Lex Fridman
Solved Einstein's equations for a spherically symmetric body, a feat Einstein himself thought impossible at the time.
Andrew Strominger: Black Holes, Quantum Gravity, and Theoretical Physics | Lex Fridman Podcast #359
Lex Fridman
The person who first solved Einstein's field equations in 1916, discovering the black hole solution.