Goldreich, Peter, 1939-
Oral history interview with Peter Goldreich, 1998.
Personal history, beginning with work at Cornell University under Thomas Gold on solar system dynamics and moving into study of disk galaxies and planetary bodies; most recent research on plasma density fluctuations in interstellar space. Interview includes lengthy discussion of LIGO project (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) and personal and institutional controversies connected therewith.
Astrophysicist. Professor of Astronomy & Planetary Science from 1969; Lee A. DuBridge Professor of Astrophysics and Planetary Physics from 1981, California Institute of Technology.
Gold, Thomas.
Goldreich, Peter, 1939-
California Institute of Technology -- Faculty.
Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory.
Galaxies -- Research.
Laser interferometers.
Solar system -- Motion in space -- Research.
Interviews. aat
Oral histories. aat
Transcripts. aat
Astrophysicists -- Interviews.
Cohen, Shirley, 1922- interviewer.
AIP-ICOS
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