Richard H. Price, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Richard H. Price

American physicist

Date of Birth: 01-Mar-1943

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Profession: physicist, astrophysicist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Richard H. Price

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  • Price (born March 1, 1943) is an American physicist specializing in general relativity. Price graduated from Stuyvesant High School in 1960, and went on to earn a dual degree in physics and engineering from Cornell University in 1965.
  • He earned his Ph.D.
  • in 1971 from Caltech under the supervision of Kip Thorne.
  • He spent his career from 1971 to 2004 at the University of Utah, where he holds the title of Emeritus Professor.
  • In 2004 he joined the Center for Gravitational Wave Astronomy at the University of Texas at Brownsville.
  • As of 2015 he became Senior Lecturer in physics at MIT.
  • He is also on the adjunct faculty at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.In 2017, Price became the editor of the American Journal of Physics.Price is probably best known for a 1972 result now known as Price's theorem.
  • This is usually informally stated as follows: any inhomogeneities in the spacetime geometry outside a black hole will be radiated away.
  • (Any such inhomogeneities can be quantified as nonzero higher multipole moments.) Price's theorem explains how the no hair theorem is enforced. Price also made pioneering numerical simulations which established (nonrigorously) a precise scenario for the emission of gravitational radiation during the merger of two compact objects (such as two black holes).
  • Subsequent work has largely confirmed the scenario which was first developed in his work.
  • These simulations have provided a major impetus for the development of gravitational wave detectors such as LIGO. He has done much in development of pedagogical techniques in physics at the undergraduate, graduate, and postdoc levels; a significant portion at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah.
  • He creates beautiful atlases of relativity.Price is the coauthor of three well known books in general relativity.
  • He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

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