Richard Packard, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Richard Packard

American physicist

Date of Birth: 15-Oct-1943

Place of Birth: Rochester, New York, United States

Profession: physicist

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Richard Packard is an American physicist, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, known for having built the first quantum gyroscope with his colleagues.
He is also recognized for making the first visualization of quantum vortices as well as conceiving of the idea that neutron stars suddenly speed up due to metastability of superfluid vortices in the star's interior.
His research is primarily focused on the application of quantum fluids.