Thomas Gold

Who is this?

Thomas Gold (May 22, 1920 – June 22, 2004) was an Austrian-born astrophysicist, who also held British and American citizenship. He was a professor of astronomy at Cornell University, a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, and a Fellow of the Royal Society (London). Gold was one of three young Cambridge scientists who in 1948 proposed the now mostly abandoned "steady state" hypothesis of the universe. Gold's work crossed boundaries of academic and scientific disciplines, into biophysics, astronomy, aerospace engineering, and geophysics.

Career

1. 1920
   Born
2. 1962
   Won Richtmyer Memorial Lecture Award
3. 1962
   Won Fellow of the American Geophysical Union
4. 1964
   Member of Royal Society
5. 1985
   Won Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
6. 2004
   Passed away
7. Member of National Academy of Sciences
8. Member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences
9. Won Fellow of the Royal Society
10. Won Humboldt Prize

Trivia

• •Place of birth: Vienna
• •Citizenship: United States, Austria
• •Known as: astronomer, military flight engineer, astrophysicist, engineer
• •Spouse: Merle Gold