David E. Goldman

Not to be confused with David P. Goldman.

David E. Goldman (David Eliot Goldman, 1910–1998) was a scientist famous for the Goldman equation which he derived for his doctorate degree in 1943 at Columbia University working with Kenneth Cole.^[1][2]

In the 1950s, while employed by the United States Navy, he was part of the CHABA (Committee on hearing and bioacoustics) team, which looked at the human effects of high-intensity noise.^[3] He became an early proponent of protection against loud noise and vibration.^[1] His son Dr. James Eliot Goldman is a scientist and neuropathologist.^[4]

See also

• Long-term exposure to environmental noise
• GHK flux equation