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John Richard Gott III (English: John Richard Gott III, born February 8, 1947) is an American astrophysicist and professor at Princeton University. He is known for his views on time travel and doomsday arguments. Paul Davis's book "How to Build a Time Machine" is based on Gott's theory of cosmic strings to build a time machine.

Category
Scientists
Nationality
United States
Born
1947-02-08
Wikidata
Q1540117
Occupations astronomerphysicistastrophysicistuniversity teacher
Aliases J. Richard GottJohn Richard GottJohn Richard Gott IIIRichard Gottjohn richard gothjohn richard goth

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SDSS-III: Massive Spectroscopic Surveys of the Distant Universe, the Milky Way Galaxy, and Extra-Solar Planetary Systems cover SDSS-III: Massive Spectroscopic Surveys of the Distant Universe, the Milky Way Galaxy, and Extra-Solar Planetary Systems Related book · relationship unverified Daniel J. Eisenstein; David H. Weinberg; Eric Agol; Hiroaki Aihara; Carlos Allende Prieto; Scott F. Anderson; James A. Arns; Eric Aubourg; Stephen Bailey; Eduardo Balbinot; Robert Barkhouser; Timothy C. Beers; Andreas A. Berlind; Steven J. Bickerton; Dmitry Bizyaev; Michael R. Blanton; John J. Bochanski; Adam S. Bolton; Casey T. Bosman; Jo Bovy; Howard J. Brewington; W. N. Brandt; Ben Breslauer; J. Brinkmann; Peter J. Brown; Joel R. Brownstein; Dan Burger; Nicolas G. Busca; Heather Campbell; Phillip A. Cargile; William C. Carithers; Joleen K. Carlberg; Michael A. Carr; Yanmei Chen; Cristina Chiappini; Johan Comparat; Natalia Connolly; Marina Cortes; Rupert A. C. Croft; Luiz N. da Costa; Katia Cunha; James R. A. Davenport; Kyle Dawson; Nathan De Lee; Gustavo F. Porto de Mello; Fernando de Simoni; Janice Dean; Saurav Dhital; Anne Ealet; Garrett L. Ebelke; Edward M. Edmondson; Jacob M. Eiting; Stephanie Escoffier; Massimiliano Esposito; Michael L. Evans; Xiaohui Fan; Bruno Femenia Castella; Leticia Dutra Ferreira; Greg Fitzgerald; Scott W. Fleming; Andreu Font-Ribera; Eric B. Ford; Peter M. Frinchaboy; Ana Elia Garcia Perez; B. Scott Gaudi; Jian Ge; Luan Ghezzi; Bruce A. Gillespie; G. Gilmore; Leo Girardi; J. Richard Gott; Andrew Gould; Eva K. Grebel; James E. Gunn; Jean-Christophe Hamilton; Paul Harding; David W. Harris; Suzanne L. Hawley; Frederick R. Hearty; Jonay I. Gonzalez Hernandez; Shirley Ho; David W. Hogg; Jon A. Holtzman; Klaus Honscheid; Naohisa Inada; Inese I. Ivans; Linhua Jiang; Peng Jiang; Jennifer A. Johnson; Cathy Jordan; Wendell P. Jordan; Guinevere Kauffmann; Eyal Kazin; David Kirkby; Mark A. Klaene; Jean-Paul Kneib; G. R. Knapp; C. S. Kochanek; Lars Koesterke; Juna A. Kollmeier; Richard G. Kron; Dustin Lang; James E. Lawler; Jean-Marc Le Goff; Brian L. Lee; Young Sun Lee; Jarron M. Leisenring; Yen-Ting Lin; Jian Liu; Daniel C. Long; Craig P. Loomis; Sara Lucatello; Britt Lundgren; Robert H. Lupton; Bo Ma; Zhibo Ma; Nicholas MacDonald; Claude Mack; Suvrath Mahadevan; Marcio A. G. Maia; Elena Malanushenko; Viktor Malanushenko; Steven R. Majewski; Martin Makler; Rachel Mandelbaum; Claudia Maraston; Daniel Margala; Paul Maseman; Karen L. Masters; Cameron K. McBride; Patrick McDonald; Ian D. McGreer; Richard G. McMahon; Olga Mena Requejo; Brice Menard; Jordi Miralda-Escude; Heather L. Morrison; Fergal Mullally; Demitri Muna; Hitoshi Murayama; Adam D. Myers; Tracy Naugle; Angelo Fausti Neto; Duy Cuong Nguyen; Robert C. Nichol; David L. Nidever; Robert W. O'Connell; Ricardo L. C. Ogando; Matthew D. Olmstead; Daniel J. Oravetz; Nikhil Padmanabhan; Martin Paegert; Nathalie Palanque-Delabrouille; Kaike Pan; Parul Pandey; John K. Parejko; Isabelle Paris; Paulo Pellegrini; Joshua Pepper; Will J. Percival; Patrick Petitjean; Robert Pfaffenberger; Janine Pforr; Stefanie Phleps; Christophe Pichon; Matthew M. Pieri; Francisco Prada; Adrian M. Price-Whelan; M. Jordan Raddick; Beatriz H. F. Ramos; Celine Ryle; I. Neill Reid; James Rich; Gordon T. Richards; George H. Rieke; Marcia J. Rieke; Hans-Walter Rix; Annie C. Robin; Helio J. Rocha-Pinto; Constance M. Rockosi; Natalie A. Roe; Emmanuel Rollinde; Ashley J. Ross; Nicholas P. Ross; Bruno Rossetto; Ariel G. Sanchez; Basilio Santiago; Conor Sayres; Ricardo Schiavon; David J. Schlegel; Katharine J. Schlesinger; Sarah J. Schmidt; Donald P. Schneider; Kris Sellgren; Alaina Shelden; Erin Sheldon; Matthew Shetrone; Yiping Shu; John D. Silverman; Jennifer Simmerer; Audrey E. Simmons; Thirupathi Sivarani; M. F. Skrutskie; Anze Slosar; Stephen Smee; Verne V. Smith; Stephanie A. Snedden; Keivan G. Stassun; Oliver Steele; Matthias Steinmetz; Mark H. Stockett; Todd Stollberg; Michael A. Strauss; Masayuki Tanaka; Aniruddha R. Thakar; Daniel Thomas; Jeremy L. Tinker; Benjamin M. Tofflemire; Rita Tojeiro; Christy A. Tremonti; Mariana Vargas Magana; Licia Verde; Nicole P. Vogt; David A. Wake; Xiaoke Wan; Ji Wang; Benjamin A. Weaver; Martin White; Simon D. M. White; John C. Wilson; John P. Wisniewski; W. Michael Wood-Vasey; Brian Yanny; Naoki Yasuda; Christophe Yeche; Donald G. York; Erick Young; Gail Zasowski; Idit Zehavi; Bo Zhao · 2011 English · Not yet rated Minkowski Functionals of SDSS galaxies I : Analysis of Excursion Sets cover Minkowski Functionals of SDSS galaxies I : Analysis of Excursion Sets Related book · relationship unverified Chiaki Hikage; Jens Schmalzing; Thomas Buchert; Yasushi Suto; Issha Kayo; Atsushi Taruya; Michael S. Vogeley; Fiona Hoyle; J. Richard Gott III; Jon Brinkmann · 2005 English · Not yet rated A Robust Determination of the Time Delay in 0957+561A,B and a Measurement of the Global Value of Hubble's Constant cover A Robust Determination of the Time Delay in 0957+561A,B and a Measurement of the Global Value of Hubble's Constant Related book · relationship unverified Tomislav Kundic; Edwin L. Turner; Wesley N. Colley; J. Richard Gott, III; James E. Rhoads; Yun Wang; Louis E. Bergeron; Karen A. Gloria; Daniel C. Long; Sangeeta Malhotra; Joachim Wambsganss · 1997 English · Not yet rated Welcome To The Universe An Astrophysical Tour cover Welcome To The Universe An Astrophysical Tour Related book · relationship unverified Neil De Grasse Tyson, Michael A. Strauss, J. Richard Gott · 2016 English · Not yet rated Binned Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropy Power Spectra: Peak Location cover Binned Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropy Power Spectra: Peak Location Related book · relationship unverified Silviu Podariu; Tarun Souradeep; J. Richard Gott III; Bharat Ratra; Michael S. Vogeley · 2001 English · Not yet rated A Black Hole Life Preserver cover A Black Hole Life Preserver Related book · relationship unverified J. Richard Gott; Deborah L. Freedman · 2003 English · Not yet rated

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