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Peter Goldreich

1939 - Today

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Peter Goldreich (born July 14, 1939) is an American astrophysicist whose research focuses on celestial mechanics, planetary rings, helioseismology and neutron stars. He is the Lee DuBridge Professor of Astrophysics and Planetary Physics at California Institute of Technology. Since 2005 he has also been a professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Goldreich has received more than 92,555 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Peter Goldreich is the 567th most popular astronomer (down from 535th in 2019), the 10,917th most popular biography from United States (up from 12,122nd in 2019) and the 116th most popular American Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Peter Goldreich ranks 567 out of 644. Before him are Makio Akiyama, Alfred Bohrmann, Thomas Bopp, Robert Herman, David L. Rabinowitz, and Kazuro Watanabe. After him are Carlyle S. Beals, Lidiya Tseraskaya, Merieme Chadid, Kazimierz Kordylewski, A. E. Douglass, and Margaret Harwood.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Peter Goldreich ranks 568. Before him are James M. Bardeen, Paul Sauvage, Kate O'Mara, Pavel Morozenko, S. David Griggs, and James Hartle. After him are Bob Clark, Bill Mulliken, Harvey Pekar, Orlando Quevedo, Claude Piquemal, and Kim Fowley.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Peter Goldreich ranks 10,917 out of 20,380. Before him are Niecy Nash (1970), Edwin Lord Weeks (1849), David Burtka (1975), Susanne Blakeslee (1956), Nell Arthur (1837), and Noah Beery Jr. (1913). After him are Roger Bart (1962), Samuel George Morton (1799), Mara Corday (1930), Jim Inhofe (1934), Maxine Singer (1931), and Frank Vaughn (1902).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Peter Goldreich ranks 116. Before him are Bruce C. Murray (1931), John August Anderson (1876), Irwin I. Shapiro (1929), Thomas Bopp (1949), Robert Herman (1914), and David L. Rabinowitz (1960). After him are A. E. Douglass (1867), Margaret Harwood (1885), Christian Pollas (1947), Mary Watson Whitney (1847), Adelaide Ames (1900), and John Huchra (1948).

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