Biography:Sheldon Goldstein
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Sheldon Goldstein (born October 24, 1947, in Augusta, Georgia)[1] is an American theoretical physicist. He introduced the term "Bohmian mechanics".[2]
Biography
Goldstein graduated from Yeshiva University with a B.A. in 1969, a B.S. in 1971, and a Ph.D. in physics in 1973. His Ph.D. thesis, supervised by Joel Lebowitz, is entitled Ergodic Theory and Infinite Systems [3] Since 1977 Goldstein has been a professor at Rutgers University.[4] His research deals with the foundations of quantum mechanics and, especially, theoretical developments of De Broglie–Bohm theory. His collaborators include Joel Lebowitz[5][6] and Detlef Dürr.[7] In a 1981 paper, Goldstein and Oliver Penrose described a new method of defining nonequilibrium entropy in statistcal mechanics.[8] Goldstein contributed the article Bohmian Mechanics to the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. [9]
For two academic years from 1973 to 1975, Goldstein was at the Institute for Advanced Study.[10] He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is a member of the board of governors of the John Bell Institute for the Foundations of Physics[11] (founded by Tim Maudlin).
Sheldon Goldstein and Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, a novelist and philosopher, were married from 1969 to 1999, until they divorced. They are the parents of the novelist Yael Goldstein Love[12] and the poet Danielle Blau.[13]
Selected publications
- Goldstein, Sheldon (1980). "Remarks on the global Markov property". Communications in Mathematical Physics 74 (3): 223–234. doi:10.1007/BF01952887. Bibcode: 1980CMaPh..74..223G. http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.cmp/1103908013.
- De Masi, A.; Ferrari, P. A.; Goldstein, S.; Wick, W. D. (1989). "An invariance principle for reversible Markov processes. Applications to random motions in random environments". Journal of Statistical Physics 55 (3–4): 787–855. doi:10.1007/BF01041608. Bibcode: 1989JSP....55..787D.
- Berndl, K.; Daumer, M.; Dürr, D.; Goldstein, S.; Zanghì, N. (1995). "A survey of Bohmian mechanics". Il Nuovo Cimento B 110 (5–6): 737–750. doi:10.1007/BF02741477. Bibcode: 1995NCimB.110..737B.
- Goldstein, Sheldon (1996). "Bohmian Mechanics and the Quantum Revolution". Synthese 107 (1): 145–165. doi:10.1007/BF00413904.
- Berndl, Karin; Dürr, Detlef; Goldstein, Sheldon; Zanghì, Nino (1996). "Nonlocality, Lorentz invariance, and Bohmian quantum theory". Physical Review A 53 (4): 2062–2073. doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.53.2062. PMID 9913109. Bibcode: 1996PhRvA..53.2062B.
- Goldstein, Sheldon (1998). "Quantum Theory without Observers—Part Two". Physics Today 51 (4): 38–42. doi:10.1063/1.882241. Bibcode: 1998PhT....51d..38G.
- Van Kampen, Nico G.; DeWitt, Bryce; Goldstein, Sheldon; Bricmont, Jean; Griffiths, Robert B.; Omnès, Roland (2000). "Quantum Histories, Mysteries, and Measurements". Physics Today 53 (5): 76–83. doi:10.1063/1.883089. Bibcode: 2000PhT....53e..76V. (4 letters independently written by 4 different authors with a reply from Griffiths and Omnès)
- Dürr, Detlef; Goldstein, Sheldon; Tumulka, Roderich; Zanghì, Nino (2005). "Bell-type quantum field theories". Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General 38 (4): R1–R43. doi:10.1088/0305-4470/38/4/R01.
- Goldstein, Sheldon (2010). "Bohmian Mechanics and Quantum Information". Foundations of Physics 40 (4): 335–355. doi:10.1007/s10701-009-9319-4. Bibcode: 2010FoPh...40..335G.
- Cushing, J. T.; Fine, Arthur; Goldstein, S. (17 April 2013). Bohmian Mechanics and Quantum Theory: An Appraisal. Springer. ISBN 9789401587150. https://books.google.com/books?id=By34CAAAQBAJ.
- Dürr, Detlef; Goldstein, Sheldon; Norsen, Travis; Struyve, Ward; Zanghì, Nino (2014). "Can Bohmian mechanics be made relativistic?". Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 470 (2162). doi:10.1098/rspa.2013.0699. PMID 24511259.
- Goldstein, Sheldon; Zanghì, Nino (2022). "Remarks About the Relationship Between Relational Physics and a Large Kantian Component of the Laws of Nature". Rethinking the Concept of Law of Nature. Jerusalem Studies in Philosophy and History of Science. pp. 225–257. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-96775-8_9. ISBN 978-3-030-96774-1.
- Dürr, Detlef; Goldstein, Sheldon; Zanghì, Nino (6 November 2012). Quantum Physics Without Quantum Philosophy. Springer. ISBN 9783642306907. https://books.google.com/books?id=LpnwCJfU-54C.
- Bassi, Angelo, ed. Physics and the Nature of Reality: Essays in Memory of Detlev Dürr. Fundamental Theories of Physics Book 215. Springer. ISBN 978-3031454332; release date February 5, 2024
References
- ↑ biographical information from American Men and Women of Science, Thomson Gale 2004.
- ↑ Freire Jr., Olival (5 September 2019). David Bohm: A Life Dedicated to Understanding the Quantum World. Springer. p. 198. ISBN 9783030227159. https://books.google.com/books?id=5rCtDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA198.
- ↑ Goldstein, Sheldon. "Ergodic Theory and Infinite Systems". https://repository.yu.edu/handle/20.500.12202/2181. (doctoral dissertation)
- ↑ "Homepage of Sheldon Goldstein". https://sites.math.rutgers.edu/~oldstein/. (with reprints & recent publications)
- ↑ Goldstein, Sheldon; Lebowitz, Joel L. (1974). "Ergodic properties of an infinite system of particles moving independently in a periodic field". Communications in Mathematical Physics 37 (1): 1–18. doi:10.1007/BF01646030. Bibcode: 1974CMaPh..37....1G. http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.cmp/1103859808.
- ↑ Dürr, D.; Goldstein, S.; Lebowitz, J. L. (1981). "A mechanical model of Brownian motion". Communications in Mathematical Physics 78 (4): 507–530. doi:10.1007/BF02046762. Bibcode: 1981CMaPh..78..507D. http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.cmp/1103908788.
- ↑ Dürr, D.; Goldstein, S.; Tumulka, R.; Zanghí, N. (2009). "Bohmian Mechanics". Compendium of Quantum Physics. Berlin; Heidelberg: Springer. pp. 47–55. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-70626-7_16. ISBN 978-3-540-70622-9. arXiv preprint
- ↑ Goldstein, S.; Penrose, O. (1981). "A nonequilibrium entropy for dynamical systems". Journal of Statistical Physics 24 (2): 325–343. doi:10.1007/BF01013304. Bibcode: 1981JSP....24..325G.
- ↑ Goldstein, Sheldon (26 October 2001). Bohmian Mechanics. https://seop.illc.uva.nl/entries/qm-bohm/.
- ↑ "Sheldon Goldstein". 9 December 2019. https://www.ias.edu/scholars/sheldon-goldstein.
- ↑ "John Bell Institute - Directors & Governors". https://www.johnbellinstitute.org/people/governors#h.p_73n-nMgiVda1.
- ↑ "About Yael Goldstein-Love". https://www.yaelgoldsteinlove.com/about.
- ↑ "bio". http://www.danielleblau.com/bio.
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