David Gross

Also known as David Jonathan Gross, D.J. Gross

American particle physicist and string theorist

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David Gross is an American particle physicist and string theorist who has made significant contributions to understanding the fundamental forces and structure of matter. His work is important because it has advanced our knowledge of how the universe operates at its most basic level.

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Works: 37

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Price of Freedom
Proof of causation and damages in toxic chemical, hazardous waste, and drug cases, 1987
Riding a Buffalo with Theodore Roosevelt and Sitting Bull
Henry VII, Prince Arthur, Columbus and Little David
Sourdough Bullet for You, Mr. Roosevelt?

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Type: Person
Country: US
Active from: 1979-07-06

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Listeners: 264
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Basic local alignment search tool
· 1990 · cited 79,996x
The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews
· 2021 · cited 76,845x
The moderator–mediator variable distinction in social psychological research: Conceptual, strategic, and statistical considerations.
· 1986 · cited 62,912x
Evaluating Structural Equation Models with Unobservable Variables and Measurement Error
· 1981 · cited 60,719x
Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: The PRISMA Statement
· 2009 · cited 57,919x

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Quotes

“Are all the (measurable) dimensionless parameters that characterize the physical universe calculable in principle or are some merely determined by historical or quantum mechanical accident and incalculable?”
“... From the age of 13, I was attracted to physics and mathematics. My interest in these subjects derived mostly from popular science books that I read avidly. Early on I was fascinated by theoretical physics and determined to become a theoretical physicist. I had no real idea what that meant, but it seemed incredibly exciting to spend one's life attempting to find the secrets of the universe by using one's mind.”
“String theory was not invented to describe gravity; instead it originated in an attempt to describe the strong interactions, wherein mesons can be thought of as open strings with quarks at their ends. The fact that the theory automatically described closed strings as well, and that closed strings invariably produced gravitons and gravity, and that the resulting quantum theory of gravity was finite and consistent is one of the most appealing aspects of the theory.”
“Remarkably, the building of the Standard Model — the theory of how particles and forces interact — was the success of the conservatives. It required no revolution at the foundational level. Normal physics, the kind that goes on experiment after experiment, produced the Standard Model.”
“Physics is always a gamble; it is a game of exploration. That’s the fun of it. We never know for sure what will happen. Sometimes, we theorists can anticipate, but nature is the final judge.”
“We now know that string theory and quantum field theory can often be different ways of looking at exactly the same phenomena.”

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Official website: www.kitp.ucsb.edu/gross
Image: David Gross LANL.jpg

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date of birth: 1941-02-19
Erdős number: 4
name in native language: David Jonathan Gross

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David Jonathan Gross (/ɡroʊs/; born February 19, 1941) is an American theoretical physicist and string theorist. He shared the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics with Frank Wilczek and Hugh David Politzer "for the discovery of asymptotic freedom in the theory of the strong interaction".

Gross is the Chancellor's Chair Professor of Theoretical Physics at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP) of the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), and was formerly the KITP director and holder of their Frederick W. Gluck Chair in Theoretical Physics. He is also a faculty member in the UCSB Physics Department and is affiliated with the Institute for Quantum Studies at Chapman University in California. He is a foreign member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.