Thomas Gold
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1920-05-22 ) May 22, 1920, Vienna , Austria
- Died
- June 22, 2004 (2004-06-22) (aged 84), Ithaca, New York , U.S.
- Alma mater
- Trinity College, Cambridge
- Known for
- Steady-state theory , Pulsars , 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)
- 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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Thomas
- Family name
- Gold
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Austria
- Place of birth
- Vienna
- Place of death
- Ithaca
- Spouse
- Merle Gold
- Occupation
- academic
- Position held
- professor
- Educated at
- Lyceum Alpinum Zuoz
- Employer
- University of Cambridge
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Humboldt Prize
- Doctoral student
- Frank Drake
- Field of work
- geophysics
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- member of
- American Philosophical Society
- date of birth
- 1920-05-22
- date of death
- 2004-06-22
- name in native language
- Thomas Gold
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- WikiProject Mathematics
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Encyclopedic overview
Thomas Gold (May 22, 1920 – June 22, 2004) was an Austrian-born astrophysicist, who also held British and American citizenship. He was 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.
Early life
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