Pugh, George Edgin, 1926-
Documents relating to George E. Pugh's role in the development of the Gravity Probe B Satellite, 1959-2004.
File includes personal recollections, an abstract of the 1959 proposal for a satellite test of the coriolis predictions of general relativity; responses to the proposal, a talk by Pugh given at a Conference on Drag-Free Satellites, Geodesy and Aeronomy in 1990; and a paper prepared for the Gravity Probe-B Program at Stanford University by Pugh in 1990 entitled, "Suggestions to Enhance Accuracy and Reliability for an Experimental Confirmation of the Coriolis Prediction of General Relativity."
Physicist (nuclear) and operations research. Major affiliations: Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Institute for Defense Analysis, 1956-1962; US Arms Control & Disarmament Agency, 1962-1964; Lambda Corp., 1964-1974; General Research Corporation, from 1975.
Pugh, George Edgin, 1926-
General relativity (Physics) -- Experiments.
Gravity Probe B.
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