Gerald Feinberg
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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.
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Gerald Feinberg | |
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Born | (1933-05-27)May 27, 1933 |
Died | April 21, 1992(1992-04-21) (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 |
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