Hanoch Gutfreund
Hanoch Gutfreund (Hebrew: חנוך גוטפרוינד; born 1935) is the Andre Aisenstadt Chair in theoretical physics and was the president at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Prior to his presidency, he was a professor at the university.
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חנוך גוטפרוינד | |
Hanoch Gutfreund | |
Born | 1935 (age 84–85) |
Nationality | Israeli |
Alma mater | the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Ph.D. in theoretical physics; 1966) |
Known for | President of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
Home town | Jerusalem |
Title | the Andre Aisenstadt Chair in theoretical physics |
Biography
Gutfreund received a Ph.D. in theoretical physics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1966.[1][2]
Gutfreund is the Andre Aisenstadt Chair in Theoretical Physics and has been a professor at the university since 1985.[2][3] Gutfreund was earlier the Head of the Physics Institute, Head of the Advanced Studies Institute, Rector, and President of the university from 1992 to 1997 (following Yoram Ben-Porat, and succeeded by Menachem Magidor).[2][4][5][6]
Gutfreund is the Director of the Einstein Center and is Hebrew University's appointee responsible for Albert Einstein's intellectual property.[2][7][8][9] He heads the executive committee of the Israel Science Foundation.[2]
His writings include The Formative Years of Relativity: The History and Meaning of Einstein's Princeton Lectures (with Jürgen Renn, Princeton University Press, 2017) and The Road to Relativity: The History and Meaning of Einstein's "The Foundation of General Relativity", Featuring the Original Manuscript of Einstein's Masterpiece (with Jürgen Renn, Princeton University Press, 2017), and Einstein on Einstein: Autobiographical and Scientific Reflections (with Jürgen Renn, Princeton University Press, 2020).[10][11][12]
Gutfreund lives in Jerusalem.[13]
References
- "Hanoch Gutfreund | ELSC". Elsc.huji.ac.il. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
- "Hanoch Gutfreund | MPIWG". Mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
- Alan Posener (2016-04-17). "Ein Interview mit Hanoch Gutfreund über Albert Einstein - WELT". Welt.de. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
- Kim, Meeri (2016-06-29). "The Einstein Legacy Project Celebrates 100 Years of General Relativity | Lindauer Nobelpreisträgertagungen". Lindau-nobel.org. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
- Barak, Naama (2009-11-23). "The little train that could... teach". ISRAEL21c. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
- "Office of the President | האוניברסיטה העברית בירושלים | The Hebrew University of Jerusalem". New.huji.ac.il. 2017-09-01. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
- "Einstein Archives unveil 110 never-before-seen items," March 6, 2019.
- Ilan Ben Zion (March 6, 2019). "Hebrew University adds new manuscripts to Einstein archive," AP.
- "Einstein promises an enjoyable challenge". Haaretz. 2015-11-27. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
- Hanoch Gutfreund, Jürgen Renn (2017). The Formative Years of Relativity: The History and Meaning of Einstein's Princeton Lectures. Princeton University Press. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
- Hanoch Gutfreund, Jürgen Renn (2017). The Road to Relativity: The History and Meaning of Einstein's "The Foundation of General Relativity", Featuring the Original Manuscript of Einstein's Masterpiece. Princeton University Press. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
- Jürgen Renn, Hanoch Gutfreund (2020). Einstein on Einstein: Autobiographical and Scientific Reflections. Princeton University Press. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
- "Hanoch Gutfreund," PBS.