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Peter Goldreich

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Peter Goldreich is an American astrophysicist born July 14, 1939, whose research focuses on celestial mechanics, planetary rings, helioseismology and neutron stars. He holds the Lee DuBridge Professorship of Astrophysics and Planetary Physics at the California Institute of Technology and has been a professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton since 2005; the asteroid 3805 Goldreich is named in his honor. He received the 2007 Shaw Prize in Astronomy.

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Birth Year
1939 1
Birth Date
1939-07-14 1
Field
Astronomy and astrophysics 1
Nationality
American 1
Birthplace
New York City, United States 2
Field
Field (category)
Physics 1
Field (category)
Astrophysics 1
Field (category)
Astronomy 1
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Peter Goldreich (born July 14, 1939) is an American astrophysicist whose research focuses on celestial mechanics, planetary rings, helioseismology and neutron stars.
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1. Peter Goldreich - Wikipedia
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    1939-07-14
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    Peter Goldreich (born July 14, 1939) is an American astrophysicist
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    Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Member Of: Institute for Advanced Study, Infobox, workplaces
    Infobox workplaces: Caltech; Institute for Advanced Study
  • Works In: Astrophysics, Lead sentence
    Peter Goldreich (born July 14, 1939) is an American astrophysicist whose research focuses on celestial mechanics, planetary rings, helioseismology and neutron stars.
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P19 (place of birth): New York City, United States
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