Jayme Tiomno (April 16, 1920 in Rio de Janeiro – January 12, 2011 in Rio de Janeiro) was a Brazilian experimental and theoretical physicist with interests in particle physics and general relativity. He was member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and a recipient of the Brazilian Order of Scientific Merit. He was the son of Jewish Russian immigrants.
He was a founder of the CBPF - Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas (Brazilian Center of Physics Research) and one responsible for the creation of the Brazilian Physical Society. In 1965, invited by Darcy Ribeiro, he became professor at the University of Brasília, but was later mandatorily retired by the military regime.
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External links Jayme Tiomno Biography. Brazilian Academy of Sciences. 'Jayme Tiomno, A Life for Science, a Life for Brazil', William Dean Brewer and Alfredo Tiomno Tolmasquim (Springer Biographies, 2020). . 'Entre partículas e buracos negros', William Dean Brewer and Alfredo Tiomno Tolmasquim (LF Editorial, Rio de Janeiro, 2024). .