Kurt Gottfried

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1929 –

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Who is Kurt Gottfried?

Kurt Gottfried is professor emeritus of physics at Cornell University and chairman of the Union of Concerned Scientists. He is also co-editor of Crisis Stability And Nuclear War.

In physics, Gottfried is known for his work on charmonium with Estia J. Eichten, Toichiro Kinoshita, Ken Lane and Tung-Mow Yan, as well as the quantum mechanics textbook he wrote with Yan.

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Born
1929
Vienna
Nationality
  • United States of America
Education
  • PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Theoretical physics
    ( - 1955)
  • McGill University
Employment
  • Cornell University
    (1964 - )

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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