Thomas Gold
Thomas Gold (May 22, 1920 – June 22, 2004) was an Austrian-born American astrophysicist, a professor of astronomy at Cornell University, a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, and a Fellow of the Royal Society (London). Gold was one of three young Cambridge scientists who in 1948 proposed the now mostly abandoned "steady state" hypothesis of the universe. Gold's work crossed boundaries of academic and scientific disciplines, into biophysics, astronomy, aerospace engineering, and geophysics.
Thomas Gold | |
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| Born | May 22, 1920 |
| Died | June 22, 2004 (aged 84) |
| Nationality | Austrian British American |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Known for | Steady-state theory Abiogenic petroleum origin Deep hot biosphere Otoacoustic emission Nanoflare Gold effect |
| Awards | Fellow of the Royal Society (1964) John Frederick Lewis Award (1972) Humboldt Prize (1979) Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1985) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astrophysics, astronomy, biophysics, cosmology, geophysics, aerospace engineering |
| Institutions | University of Cambridge, Royal Observatory, Greenwich, Harvard University, Cornell University |
| Doctoral advisor | R. J. Pumphrey |
| Doctoral students | Stanton J. Peale Peter Goldreich |
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