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Austrian astrophysicist (1920-2004)

Person · Open Library

Works
14

Top works

  • Structure of the Moon's surface
  • Hey Dad, I Don't Like You
  • Remaking Taiwan
  • Taking the Back off the Watch
  • Cosmology and astrophysics

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
179,029
Total plays
1,080,050

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“Breakthrough DJ / Producer 2010: Thomas Gold" Axwell in DJ Mag 2010 “Rising Star 2010” Beatport 2010 The changing pace at which Thomas Gold’s year has taken shape has been literally breathtaking for the Berlin based artist. Not surprising then that Thomas was quickly snapped up by mammoth recording imprint Toolroom Records, who invited him to join their thoroughbred team of talent; as both a recording artist and resident DJ for their infamous ‘Toolroom Knights’ events alongside the likes of F

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Quotes

  • A theorist can explain any correlation, and its inverse.

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Key facts

Born
( 1920-05-22 ) May 22, 1920, Vienna , Austria
Died
June 22, 2004 (2004-06-22) (aged 84), Ithaca, New York , U.S.
Alma mater
Trinity College, Cambridge
Known for
Steady-state theory , Pulsars , Abiogenic petroleum origin , Deep hot biosphere , Otoacoustic emission , Nanoflare , Gold effect
Awards
Fellow of the Royal Society (1964), John Frederick Lewis Award (1972) , Humboldt Prize (1979), Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1985)
Fields
Astrophysics , astronomy , biophysics , cosmology , geophysics , aerospace engineering
Institutions
University of Cambridge , Royal Observatory, Greenwich , Harvard University , Cornell University
Doctoral advisor
R. J. Pumphrey
Doctoral students
Stanton J. Peale , Peter Goldreich

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Encyclopedic overview

Thomas Gold (May 22, 1920 – June 22, 2004) was an Austrian-born astrophysicist, who also held British and American citizenship. He was a professor of astronomy at Cornell University, a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, and a Fellow of the Royal Society (London). Gold was one of three young Cambridge scientists who in 1948 proposed the now mostly abandoned "steady state" hypothesis of the universe. Gold's work crossed boundaries of academic and scientific disciplines, into biophysics, astronomy, aerospace engineering, and geophysics.

Early life

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