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{{Status|Canon}}
{{Era|CH|H3|LE}}
{{Character infobox
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{{Human Character Infobox
|name=Tobias Fleming Shaw
|name=Tobias Fleming Shaw
|image=[[File:Shaw.png|275px]]
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|birth=[[2220|January 20, 2220]]
|birth= January 20, [[2220]]
|death=[[2317|November 10, 2317]]
|death= November 10, [[2317]],  (aged 97)
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|era=Post-[[Interplanetary War]]
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|notable=Co-Creator of the [[Human]] [[Slipspace]] Drive
|affiliation=[[United Nations Space Command]]
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{{Quote|The Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine became a reality in April 2291 due entirely to vision, perseverance, and dedication of these two pioneers in quantum engineering and applied theoretical physics. They have opened a path to the stars for all of us.|Memorial plaque on [[Quito Space Tether]]}}
'''Dr. Tobias Fleming Shaw'''<ref>[http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=13824 [[Bungie]] Weekly Update for May 23rd, 2008]</ref> '''ScD, QeD, FRS''', along with [[Wallace Fujikawa|Dr. Wallace Fujikawa]], was the co-creator of the [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]] in [[2291]], the first device that allowed [[humanity]] to reach space locations beyond their solar system<ref>''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''</ref>.


'''Doctor Tobias Fleming Shaw''',<ref>[http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=13824 Bungie Weekly Update ''05.23.08'']</ref> '''ScD, QeD, FRS''', along with [[Wallace Fujikawa|Doctor Wallace Fujikawa]], was the co-creator of the [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]] in [[2291]], a device that allowed [[human]]ity to reach locations beyond the [[Sol system]] through manipulation of [[slipstream space]].<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 24''</ref>
He held the title "Doctor of Science" and was renowned for his work in the field of quantum electrodynamics.


He held the title "Doctor of Science" and was renowned for his work in the field of quantum electrodynamics. He is supposedly the father and namesake of Shaw multivariate calculus, a form of [[astrogation]] input used by starship crews to calculate parameters for slipspace jumps.<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions''', ''"[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]'', ''page 423''</ref>
==Trivia==
 
*He was also likely from Great Britain or Ireland as he held the title of [[wikipedia:Fellow of the Royal Society#Fellowship|Fellow of the Royal Society]], a distinction awarded to British and Irish scientists.
He was likely from the United Kingdom as he held the title of [[wikipedia:Fellow of the Royal Society#Fellowship|Fellow of the Royal Society]], a distinction awarded to British and Irish scientists.<ref>[[Shaw's commemorative plaque]]</ref>
*Shaw's first name Tobias may be a reference to [[Tobias S. Buckell]], who was hired to write [[Halo: The Cole Protocol]] around the time the name was revealed.<ref>[http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=14284 Bungie.net: The Next Halo Novel: The Cole Protocol] (2008 June 16)</ref>.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
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Image:Tobias fleming shaw bio.png|Plaque commemorating Shaw on the [[Quito Space Tether]].
Image:Tobias fleming shaw bio.png|Plaque commemorating Shaw on the [[Quito Space Tether]].
Image:Tobias_fleming_shaw.png|Full image of plaque.
Image:Tobias_fleming_shaw.png
Image:Shaw-Fujikawa_Noble_Prize.jpg|Wallace Fujikawa and Tobias Fleming Shaw with their Nobel Prize for the discovery of Slipspace travel.
Image:Shaw-Fujikawa_Noble_Prize.jpg|Wallace Fujikawa and Tobias Fleming Shaw with their Nobel Prize for the discovery of Slipspace travel.
</gallery>
</gallery>
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo 3]]'' {{Fm}}
*''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: Evolutions]]''
**''[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo Legends]]''
**''[[Origins]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Outpost Discovery]]''


==Sources==
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