Kurt Gottfried

Person · Open Library

Works

13

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

Germany

Active from

1941-06-05

Active to

2020-06-02

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. The PHQ-9

   · 2001 · cited 39,459x

2. A Brief Measure for Assessing Generalized Anxiety Disorder

   · 2006 · cited 28,914x

3. Multilayer feedforward networks are universal approximators

   · 1989 · cited 18,298x

4. Bioconductor: open software development for computational biology and bioinformatics

   · 2004 · cited 10,287x

5. A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

   · 2012 · cited 9,262x

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Quotes

• “On further reflection, I now think that in arguing his case Bell exaggerated, oversimplified the historical development of both classical electrodynamics and quantum mechanics, and as a result arrived at a definition of "understanding" that may be too rigid in that it reflects a presumption - a prejudice, if you will - as to what constitutes physical reality.”
• “By taking issue with Bell on this score, I am not saying that I am satisfied with my understanding of quantum mechanics. I share Feynman's belief that no one really understands quantum mechanics. But we should not exaggerate our embarrassment; it is ample as it stands. In any event, I agree with Bell that the foundations continue to merit the closest scrutiny.”
• “I, for one, remain unpersuaded that a crisis of major proportions has been identified, but at the same time I am open to the possibility that such a crisis has been glimpsed, though perhaps only subliminally, by Bell and his great predecessors: Einstein, Schrodinger, de Broglie, Bohm and Wigner. This is a roster which should give us all pause. To my understanding, however, this crisis has not yet been formulated with sufficient precision to facilitate the birth of a great offspring.”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Kurt

Gender

male

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

Vienna

Place of death

Ithaca

Occupation

theoretical physicist

Educated at

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Employer

CERN

Languages spoken

English language

Award

Guggenheim Fellowship

Academic degree

doctorate

Doctoral advisor

Victor Weisskopf

Doctoral student

John C. Reynolds

Field of work

nuclear physics

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