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Gerald Feinberg (27 May 1933 – 21 April 1992) was a Columbia University
Columbia University

Columbia University in the City of New York , is a private university in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. Columbia's main campus lies in the Morningside Heights, Manhattan neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan, in New York City....
 physicist
Physicist

A physicist is a scientist who studies or practices physics. Physicists study a wide range of physical phenomena in many Physics#Major fields of physics spanning all length scales: from atom particles of which all ordinary matter is made to the behavior of the material Universe as a whole ....
 and futurist.

He coined the term tachyon
Tachyon

A tachyon is any hypothetical particle physics that travels faster-than-light. The first description of tachyons is attributed to German physicist Arnold Sommerfeld; however, it was George Sudarshan, Olexa-Myron Bilaniuk, Vijay Deshpande and Gerald Feinberg that advanced a theoretical framework for their study....
 for hypothetical faster-than-light
Faster-than-light

Faster-than-light Superluminal communication and interstellar travel refer to the propagation of information or matter faster than the speed of light....
 particles and analysed their quantum field
Quantum field theory

Quantum field theory or QFT provides a theoretical framework for constructing quantum mechanics models of systems classically described by field or of Many-body problem....
 properties, predicted the existence of the muon neutrino and advocated cryonics
Cryonics

Cryonics is the low-temperature Preserve of humans and animals that can no longer be sustained by contemporary medicine until resuscitation may be possible in the future....
 as a public service. He was a member of the Foresight Institute
Foresight Institute

The Foresight Nanotech Institute is a Palo Alto, California-based nonprofit organization for increasing awareness about the uses and consequences of molecular nanotechnology....
's advisory panel.


osmological Constants (with co-editor Jeremy Bernstein, 1986).






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Gerald Feinberg (27 May 1933 – 21 April 1992) was a Columbia University
Columbia University

Columbia University in the City of New York , is a private university in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. Columbia's main campus lies in the Morningside Heights, Manhattan neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan, in New York City....
 physicist
Physicist

A physicist is a scientist who studies or practices physics. Physicists study a wide range of physical phenomena in many Physics#Major fields of physics spanning all length scales: from atom particles of which all ordinary matter is made to the behavior of the material Universe as a whole ....
 and futurist.

He coined the term tachyon
Tachyon

A tachyon is any hypothetical particle physics that travels faster-than-light. The first description of tachyons is attributed to German physicist Arnold Sommerfeld; however, it was George Sudarshan, Olexa-Myron Bilaniuk, Vijay Deshpande and Gerald Feinberg that advanced a theoretical framework for their study....
 for hypothetical faster-than-light
Faster-than-light

Faster-than-light Superluminal communication and interstellar travel refer to the propagation of information or matter faster than the speed of light....
 particles and analysed their quantum field
Quantum field theory

Quantum field theory or QFT provides a theoretical framework for constructing quantum mechanics models of systems classically described by field or of Many-body problem....
 properties, predicted the existence of the muon neutrino and advocated cryonics
Cryonics

Cryonics is the low-temperature Preserve of humans and animals that can no longer be sustained by contemporary medicine until resuscitation may be possible in the future....
 as a public service. He was a member of the Foresight Institute
Foresight Institute

The Foresight Nanotech Institute is a Palo Alto, California-based nonprofit organization for increasing awareness about the uses and consequences of molecular nanotechnology....
's advisory panel.

Papers

  • Knowledge of the Past and Future, (with S. Lavine, and D. Z. Albert
    David Albert

    David Albert, Ph.D., is Professor of Philosophy and Director of M.A. Program in The Philosophical Foundations of Physics at Columbia University....
    ) The Journal of Philosophy 89, 607-642 (1992).
  • Two types of prediction in Newtonian and quantum mechanics, (with D. Z. Albert
    David Albert

    David Albert, Ph.D., is Professor of Philosophy and Director of M.A. Program in The Philosophical Foundations of Physics at Columbia University....
    , and S. Lavine), Physics Letters A 138, 454-458 (1989).
  • Possibility of Faster-Than-Light Particles. Physical Review 159: 1089-1105 (1967)
  • Physics and Life Prolongation Physics Today Vol 19 #11 45 (1966)
  • Physics and the Thales Problem. Journal of Philosophy 63, no. 1 (1966): 5-16


Books

Cosmological Constants (with co-editor Jeremy Bernstein, 1986). ISBN 9780231063760

Solid Clues: Quantum Physics, Molecular Biology, and the Future of Science, Simon & Schuster, 1985. ISBN 0434262005

Life Beyond Earth: The Intelligent Earthling's Guide to Extraterrestrial Life (with Robert Shapiro), Morrow, 1980. ISBN 068808642X

What is the world made of? : Atoms, leptons, quarks, and other tantalizing particles, Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1977. ISBN 0385076940 & ISBN 0385076932

Consequences of Growth: The Prospects for a Limitless Future, Seabury Press, New York, 1977. ISBN 081649326X

The Prometheus Project, Mankind's Search for Long-Range Goals, Anchor Books, 1969. ISBN 0385036132

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