Jerry Gollub
Jerry Paul Gollub (born September 9, 1944 in St. Louis , Missouri - † June 8, 2019 ) was an American physicist who studied chaos physics (nonlinear dynamics).
Gollub studied at Oberlin College ( Bachelor 1966) and Harvard University ( Master’s degree 1967), where he received his PhD in 1971 . From 1979 he was professor of physics at Haverford College . From 1996 he was John and Barbara Bush Professor of Physics there . From 1988 to 1999 he was Provost of Haverford College. From 1981 he was also an adjunct professor at the University of Pennsylvania . In 1985 and 1991 he was visiting professor at the École normal supérieure .
Gollub is known for his investigations into the formation of chaotic movement (turbulence) in liquids, partly in collaboration with Harry Swinney from the late 1970s. He also examined the movement of suspended particles and microorganisms in liquids, mixing in liquids, non-linear wave phenomena, granular dynamics, and the application of topological ideas in chaos physics and pattern formation (in liquids and in dendritic growth ).
In 1984/85 he was a Guggenheim Fellow. In 2005 he headed the hydrodynamics department of the American Physical Society (APS), receiving its hydrodynamics award in 2003 and serving on its executive board. Since 1993 he has been a member of the National Academy of Sciences . In 1992 he became a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . In 1990 he was a Loeb Lecturer at Harvard. He was the co-author of a study for the National Research Council on math and science education in high schools in the United States.
Fonts
- with GL Baker: Chaotic dynamics - an introduction. Cambridge University Press, 1990, 1996
- with DJ Pine: Microscopic irreversibility and chaos. In: Physics Today. August 2006
- with JS Langer: Pattern formation in Nonequilibrium Physics. In: Reviews of Modern Physics. Volume 71, 1999, p. 396 (Centennial Issue)
- with Swinney: Hydrodynamic instability and the transition to turbulence. In: Physics Today. August 1978
Web links
- Homepage at Haverford College
- Biography at the APS
- Gollub & year = 2003 Portrait on the occasion of the APS hydrodynamics award
References
- ↑ Rebecca Raber: Jerry Gollub 1944–2019. Haverford College, June 11, 2019, accessed June 14, 2019 .
- ↑ John Bush is the founder of Millipore Corporation
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Gollub, Jerry |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gollub, Jerry Paul (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 9, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Louis , Missouri |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 8, 2019 |