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The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details

Peter Goldreich

Title:

Lee A. DuBridge Professor of Astrophysics and Planetary Physics

Affiliation:

California Institute of Technology

Pasadena,California  USA

Gender:

Male

Award Discipline:

Physical Sciences

Award Year:

1995

Citation:

"For his profound and lasting contributions to planetary sciences and astrophysics, providing fundamental theoretical insights for understanding the rotation of planets, the dynamics of planetary rings, pulsars, astrophysical masers, the spiral arms of galaxies, and the oscillations of the Sun."

Awarded by President Clinton at a White House ceremony on October 18, 1995.

 

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