Joshua N. Goldberg

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Joshua N. Goldberg
Born(1925-05-30)May 30, 1925
Armour Research Foundation
Aerospace Research Laboratories, U.S. Air Force
Syracuse University
ThesisEquations of motion in a covariant field theory (1952)
Doctoral advisorPeter Bergmann

Joshua N. Goldberg (May 30, 1925 – October 5, 2020) was an American physicist and educator who was particularly noted for his research on general relativity.[2][3][4]

Early life and education

Goldberg was born in Rochester, New York, and received a bachelor's degree from the University of Rochester in 1947. He received a doctorate in physics from Syracuse University in 1952.[5] His thesis advisor was Peter Bergmann.

Career

From 1952–1956 Goldberg was a research scientist at the

Wright Patterson Air Force Base, where over seven years he built a research group working on relativity. In 1963 Goldberg became a professor of physics at Syracuse University, where he was an emeritus professor of physics.[6]

Goldberg is known for his research in

Goldberg-Sachs Theorem in 1962. Along with Bergmann, Goldberg introduced a new derivation of the laws of motion of rigid bodies according to the rigorous approach that they had developed.[7]

Goldberg was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1972.[3] In 2011, Goldberg's research career was honored by a special issue of the journal General Relativity and Gravitation.[4]

Death

Goldberg died in Madison, Wisconsin, on October 5, 2020, at the age of 95.[2][8]

References

  1. ^ "Gloria Goldberg". Syracuse Post-Standard. May 17, 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Joshua Goldberg". Syracuse Post-Standard. October 22, 2020.
  3. ^ a b "APS Fellow Archive". American Physical Society.
  4. ^
    doi:10.1007/s10714-011-1264-9
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  5. OCLC 862812419
    . Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  6. ^ a b "Josh Goldberg" (PDF). Curriculum Vitae. Syracuse University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-27. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
  7. ISBN 978-0-387878683
    . Retrieved September 11, 2014.
  8. ^ Bernardi, Dan (October 15, 2020). "Remembering Joshua Goldberg, Professor Emeritus of Physics in the College of Arts and Sciences". SU News. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
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