Thomas Gold was an Austrian-born astrophysicist who, with Hermann Bondi and separately with Fred Hoyle, proposed the steady-state theory of the universe in 1948, holding that the universe has no beginning and maintains constant average density through the continuous creation of new matter as it expands. He later made influential, sometimes contested, contributions on pulsars, the inner ear and the deep hot biosphere hypothesis for the origin of hydrocarbons.
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Gold co-authored the 1948 steady-state paper with Hermann Bondi.
Source Steady-State Model (Wikipedia)
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- Also in Geography Atlas: Austria, nationality there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: United States, nationality there.
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1. Thomas Gold (Wikipedia)
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Thomas Gold (May 22, 1920, June 22, 2004) was an Austrian-born astrophysicist, who also held British and American citizenship.
2. Thomas Gold (Wikidata)
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P27 (country of citizenship): United States
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P20 (place of death): Ithaca, United States
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P27 (country of citizenship): Austria
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P19 (place of birth): Vienna, Austria
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