Peter Goldreich
Facts
20 properties- Instance of
- human
- Date of birth
- July 14, 1939
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Country of citizenship
- United States[7]
- Occupation
- physicist, astronomer, university teacher, astrophysicist
- Field of work
- astronomy, astrophysics, celestial mechanics, planetary ring, helioseismology, neutron star, planetary physics[8][9][10][11][12][13][14]
- Educated at
- Cornell University
- Award received
- Henry Norris Russell Lectureship, Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society, National Medal of Science, Grand Prize of the French Academy of Science, Gerard P. Kuiper Prize, Chapman Medal, Shaw Prize, The Shaw Prize in Astronomy, Foreign Member of the Royal Society[19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27]
- Official website
- www.sns.ias.edu[41]
- Doctoral advisor
- Thomas Gold[17]
- Doctoral student
- Carolyn Porco, Jack Wisdom, Richard McCray, Jason L. Maron, Charles R. Alcock[33][34][35][36][37]
- Maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics[43]
- Member of
- Royal Society, National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, International Astronomical Union[28][29][30][31]
- P14528
- 33311[44]
- Student
- Carolyn Porco[18]
- ISNI
- 0000000351578980
- VIAF cluster ID
- 315533992
- Library of Congress authority ID
- no2011132998
- Image (Wikimedia Commons)
- PeterGoldreich1980.jpg ↗
- Academic Tree ID
- 125809
- AstroGen ID
- 3284
- Awards & Winners artist ID
- 0c392x
- Dimensions author ID
- 01052420774.14
- Fellow of the Royal Society ID
- 11506
- Freebase ID
- /m/0c392x
- IAU member ID (archived)
- 4198
- IdRef ID
- 219493286
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- MR Author ID
- 202825
- Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
- 56280
- NL CR AUT ID
- mub20181015572
- National Academy of Sciences member ID
- 55265
- Prabook ID
- 1951181
- Scopus author ID
- 7004875960
- WorldCat Entities ID
- E39PBJtCFqyhkmkRxgfTW47fv3
- ZbMATH author ID
- goldreich.peter
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Field of work 6
Doctoral student 4
Doctoral students 4
Member of 4
Occupation 4
Country of citizenship 1
Doctoral advisor 1
Doctoral advisors 1
Educated at 1
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Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Maintained by WikiProject 1
Named after 1
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Summary
Peter Goldreich was born on July 14, 1939[1], in New York City[2]. He has worked as a physicist[3], astronomer[4], university teacher[5], and astrophysicist[6].
Body
Works and Contributions
Things named for Peter Goldreich include 3805 Goldreich[45], an asteroid[46].
Why It Matters
Entities named for him include 3805 Goldreich[45], an asteroid[46].
His notable doctoral advisees include Carolyn Porco[47], an astronomer[48], b. 1953[49], of United States[50], awarded the Lennart Nilsson Award[51], specialised in planetary science[52]; Charles R. Alcock[53], an astronomer[54], b. 1951[55], of New Zealand[56], awarded the Beatrice M. Tinsley Prize[57], specialised in astrophysics[58]; Jack Wisdom[59], an astronomer[60], b. 1953[61], of United States[62], awarded the MacArthur Fellows Program[63], specialised in planetary science[64]; and Richard McCray[65], an astronomer[66], 1937–2021[67], of United States[68], awarded the Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics[69].
FAQs
Where was Peter Goldreich born?
Peter Goldreich's place of birth was New York City[2].
What did Peter Goldreich do for work?
Peter Goldreich worked as a physicist[3], astronomer[4], university teacher[5], and astrophysicist[6].
What awards did Peter Goldreich receive?
Honors received include Henry Norris Russell Lectureship[19], Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society[20], National Medal of Science[21], and Grand Prize of the French Academy of Science[22].