Gerald Feinberg
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. 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. His father was Yiddish poet and journalist Leon Feinberg. Among his students were Scott Dodelson, physicist at Carnegie Mellon University.
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 |
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