Clifford Martin Will
Clifford Martin Will | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1946 (age 78–79) Hamilton, Ontario |
| Alma mater | McMaster University (B.Sc. 1968) California Institute of Technology (PhD 1971) |
| Known for | Post-Newtonian expansions |
| Awards | Albert Einstein Medal (2019) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | General relativity |
| Institutions | University of Chicago(1972–1974) Stanford University(1974–1981) Washington University in St. Louis(1981–2012) University of Florida(2012–present) |
| Thesis | Theoretical Frameworks for Testing Relativistic Gravity: Parametrized Post-Newtonian Formalism(1971) |
| Academic advisors | Kip Thorne |
Clifford Martin Will(born 1946) is a Canadian-borntheoretical physicistnoted for his contributions togeneral relativity.[1]
Life and work
[edit]Will was born inHamilton,Ontario.In 1968, he earned a B.Sc. fromMcMaster University.AtCaltech,he studied underKip Thorne,earning his Ph.D. in 1971.[2][3]He has taught at theUniversity of ChicagoandStanford University,and in 1981 joined the faculty ofWashington University in St. Louis.In 2012, he moved to a faculty position at theUniversity of Florida.[1]
Will's theoretical work has centered onpost-Newtonian expansionsof approximate solutions to theEinstein field equation,a notoriously difficult area which forms the theoretical underpinnings essential for such achievements as the indirect verification byRussell HulseandJoseph Taylorof the existence ofgravitational radiationfrom observations of abinary pulsar.[1]
Will's book reviewing experimental tests of general relativity is widely regarded as the essential resource for research in this area; his popular book on the same subject was listed byThe New York Timesas one of the 200 best books published in 1986.[1]
Will was a Guggenheim Fellow for the academic year 1996–1997.[4]From 2009 to 2018, Will was the editor-in-chief ofIOPPublishing's journalClassical and Quantum Gravity.[1]
Honors and awards
[edit]He was elected aFellow of the American Physical Societyin 1989[5]and elected to theNational Academy of Sciencesin 2007.[1]
In 2019, Will received theAlbert Einstein Medal,awarded each year since 1979 by theAlbert Einstein Societyin Bern, Switzerland, for his "important contributions to General Relativity, in particular including the Post-Newtonian expansions of approximate solutions of the Einstein field equations and their confrontation with experiments."[6]
Bibliographic information
[edit]According to theNASA ADSdatabase, theh-indexof Professor Will is 57.
Selected works
[edit]- Will, Clifford M. (2014)."The Confrontation between General Relativity and Experiment".Living Reviews in Relativity.17(1): 4.arXiv:1403.7377.Bibcode:2014LRR....17....4W.doi:10.12942/lrr-2014-4.PMC5255900.PMID28179848.S2CID15329710.
- Will, Clifford M. (1981).Theory and experiment in gravitational physics.Cambridge:Cambridge University Press.ISBN0-521-23237-6.
- Will, Clifford M. (1993).Was Einstein right?: putting general relativity to the test.New York:Basic Books.ISBN0-465-09086-9.(original publication date 1986)
- Will, Clifford M.;Poisson, Eric(2014).Gravity: Newtonian, Post-Newtonian, Relativistic.Cambridge University Press.ISBN978-1107032866.
- Will, Clifford M. (2018).Theory and experiment in gravitational physics. 2nd Edition.Cambridge:Cambridge University Press.ISBN978-1-107-11744-0.
- Will, Clifford M.; Yunes, Nicolás (2020).Is Einstein Still Right? Black holes, gravitational waves and the quest to verify Einstein's greatest creation.Oxford:Oxford University Press.ISBN9780198842125.
References
[edit]- ^abcdefWill, Clifford M."Autobiographical Sketch – Clifford M. Will".University of Florida.RetrievedAugust 14,2019.
- ^Clifford Martin Willat theMathematics Genealogy Project
- ^Will, Clifford M. – CaltechTHESIS
- ^Clifford M. Will – John Simon Guggenheim Memorial FoundationArchived2014-08-08 at theWayback Machine
- ^"APS Fellow Archive".APS.Retrieved5 October2020.
- ^"Cliff Will wins the 2019 Albert Einstein Medal".Department of Physics, University of Florida. February 20, 2019.
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- 1946 births
- Living people
- 21st-century American physicists
- Canadian physicists
- American relativity theorists
- Scientists from Hamilton, Ontario
- McMaster University alumni
- California Institute of Technology alumni
- Stanford University faculty
- Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences
- Mathematical physicists
- Sloan Research Fellows
- Washington University in St. Louis physicists
- Albert Einstein Medal recipients
- Fellows of the American Physical Society
- University of Florida faculty