Joshua N. Goldberg
Born(1925-05-30)May 30, 1925
Rochester, New York
DiedOctober 5, 2020(2020-10-05) (aged 95)
Madison, Wisconsin
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Rochester
Syracuse University
Known forGeneral relativity
SpouseGloria Lois Gerber Goldberg[1]
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsArmour Research Foundation
Aerospace Research Laboratories, U.S. Air Force
Syracuse University
ThesisEquations of motion in a covariant field theory (1952)
Doctoral advisorPeter Bergmann

Joshua N. Goldberg (May 30, 1925 – October 5, 2020) was an American physicist and educator who was particularly noted for his research on general relativity.[2][3][4]

Early life and education

Goldberg was born in Rochester, New York, and received a bachelor's degree from the University of Rochester in 1947. He received a doctorate in physics from Syracuse University in 1952.[5] His thesis advisor was Peter Bergmann.

Career

From 1952–1956 Goldberg was a research scientist at the Armour Research Foundation. He then worked at the Aerospace Research Laboratory at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, where over seven years he built a research group working on relativity. In 1963 Goldberg became a professor of physics at Syracuse University, where he was an emeritus professor of physics.[6]

Goldberg is known for his research in general relativity, where he has written 61 papers.[6] He and Rainer K. Sachs published the Goldberg-Sachs Theorem in 1962. Along with Bergmann, Goldberg introduced a new derivation of the laws of motion of rigid bodies according to the rigorous approach that they had developed.[7]

Goldberg was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1972.[3] In 2011, Goldberg's research career was honored by a special issue of the journal General Relativity and Gravitation.[4]

Death

Goldberg died in Madison, Wisconsin, on October 5, 2020, at the age of 95.[2][8]

References

  1. ↑ "Gloria Goldberg". Syracuse Post-Standard. May 17, 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Joshua Goldberg". Syracuse Post-Standard. October 22, 2020.
  3. 1 2 "APS Fellow Archive". American Physical Society.
  4. 1 2 Glass, E. N.; Robinson, D. C., eds. (December 2011). "Physics, Gravity, and the Work of Joshua N. Goldberg". General Relativity and Gravitation. 43 (12). doi:10.1007/s10714-011-1264-9.
  5. ↑ Goldberg, Joshua N. (1952). Equations of motion in a covariant field theory (PhD). Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University. OCLC 862812419. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  6. 1 2 "Josh Goldberg" (PDF). Curriculum Vitae. Syracuse University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-27. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
  7. ↑ E. Schwarzbach, Bertram; Kosmann-Schwarzbach, Yvette (2010). The Noether Theorems: Invariance and Conservation Laws in the Twentieth Century (illustrated ed.). Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 978-0-387878683. Retrieved September 11, 2014.
  8. ↑ Bernardi, Dan (October 15, 2020). "Remembering Joshua Goldberg, Professor Emeritus of Physics in the College of Arts and Sciences". SU News. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.