Gerald Feinberg
Gerald Feinberg | |
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| Born | May 27, 1933 |
| Died | April 21, 1992 (aged 58) New York City |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Columbia University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Particle physics |
| Institutions | Columbia University |
| Thesis | Meson Production in Nucleon-Nucleon Collisions (1957) |
| Doctoral advisor | Tsung-Dao Lee |
| Doctoral students | Scott Dodelson |
Gerald Feinberg (27 May 1933 – 21 April 1992) was a Columbia University physicist, futurist and popular science author. He spent a year as a Member of the Institute for Advanced Study, and two years at the Brookhaven Laboratories.[1] Feinberg went to Bronx High School of Science with Steven Weinberg and Sheldon Glashow and obtained his bachelor's and graduate degrees from Columbia University.[2][3] His father was Yiddish poet and journalist Leon Feinberg.[4] Among his students were Scott Dodelson, physicist at Carnegie Mellon University.
Research
He coined the term tachyon for hypothetical faster-than-light particles and analysed their quantum field properties,[5] predicted the existence of the muon neutrino[6] and advocated cryonics as a public service.[7] He was a member of the Foresight Institute's advisory panel.[8]
Parapsychology
Feinberg wrote a foreword to
Publications
Books
- Cosmological Constants (with co-editor ISBN 978-0-231-06376-0
- Solid Clues: Quantum Physics, Molecular Biology, and the Future of Science, Simon & Schuster, 1985. ISBN 0-434-26200-5
- Life Beyond Earth: The Intelligent Earthling's Guide to Extraterrestrial Life (with ISBN 0-688-08642-X
- What is the world made of? : Atoms, leptons, quarks, and other tantalizing particles, Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1977. ISBN 0-385-07693-2
- Consequences of Growth: The Prospects for a Limitless Future, Seabury Press, New York, 1977. ISBN 0-8164-9326-X Review
- The Prometheus Project, Mankind's Search for Long-Range Goals, Anchor Books, 1969. ISBN 0-385-03613-2
Papers
- G. Feinberg, Shaughan Lavine, JSTOR 2940898.)
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- G. Feinberg (1967). "Possibility of Faster-Than-Light Particles". .
- G. Feinberg (1966). "Physics and Life Prolongation". .
- G. Feinberg (1966). "Physics and the Thales Problem". JSTOR 2024523.
References
- ^ "Gerald Feinberg, 58, Physicist; Taught at Columbia University". Retrieved 2015-03-28.
- ^ The Second Creation, Crease & Mann, Macmillan Publishing Company, 1986
- ^ Columbia College (Columbia University). Office of Alumni Affairs and Development; Columbia College (Columbia University) (1988). Columbia College today. Columbia University Libraries. New York, N.Y. : Columbia College, Office of Alumni Affairs and Development.
- ^ "Leon Feinberg, 71, Yiddish Journalist" (PDF). The New York Times. Vol. CXVIII, no. 40542. New York, N.Y. 23 January 1969. p. 27.
- ^ G. Feinberg (1967). "Possibility of Faster-Than-Light Particles". .
- ^ M. Schwartz (1992). Nobel Lectures. World Scientific. p. 469.
- ^ G. Feinberg (1966). "Physics and Life Prolongation". .
- ^ D. Shafer (1990). "Feinberg Anxious for Policy Discussions". Foresight Update. 9: 1.
- ^ Rothman, Milton (September 1994). "Tachyons and Other Nonentities". Skeptical Inquirer. 4 (3). Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
- ISBN 0-471-27242-6
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