David E. Goldman
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David E. Goldman was a scientist famous for the Goldman equation
which he derived for his doctorate degree at Columbia University
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In the 1950s, while employed by the United States Navy
, he was part of the CHABA (Committee on hearing and bioacoustics) team, which looked at the human effects of high-intensity noise. He became an early proponent of protection against loud noise and vibration.
Goldman equation
The Goldman–Hodgkin–Katz voltage equation, more commonly known as the Goldman equation is used in cell membrane physiology to determine the equilibrium potential across a cell's membrane taking into account all of the ions that are permeant through that membrane.The discoverers of this are David E...
which he derived for his doctorate degree at Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
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In the 1950s, while employed by the United States Navy
United States Navy
The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...
, he was part of the CHABA (Committee on hearing and bioacoustics) team, which looked at the human effects of high-intensity noise. He became an early proponent of protection against loud noise and vibration.