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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheldon_Glashow Sheldon Glashow] | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheldon_Glashow Sheldon Glashow] | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Higgs Peter Higgs] | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Higgs Peter Higgs] | ||
=== [https://www.gravityresearchfoundation.org/year#1949 Notable winners of the Gravity Research Foundation essay contest] === | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryce_DeWitt Bryce Seligman DeWitt] (1st place, 1953) | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Arnowitt Richard Arnowitt] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Deser Stanley Deser] (1st place, 1954) | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Archibald_Wheeler John Archibald Wheeler] (2nd place, 1957) | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Schwinger Julian Schwinger] (2nd place, 1975) | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeman_Dyson Freeman Dyson] (4th place, 1962) | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Penrose Roger Penrose] (2nd place, 1966; 2nd place, 1968; 1nd place, 1975) | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Hawking Stephen Hawking] (2nd place, 1965; 3rd place, 1966; 2nd place, 1968; 5th place, 1969; 1st place, 1971; 3rd place, 1974) | |||
== Relevant Institutions == | == Relevant Institutions == | ||
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtiss-Wright Curtiss-Wright Corporation] | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtiss-Wright Curtiss-Wright Corporation] | ||
== Tweets == | == Eric's Coverage == | ||
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Revision as of 00:00, 28 June 2023
Important Known Events
1948
- Roger Babson forms the Gravity Research Foundation
1953
- Bryce Seligman DeWitt is the first well-respected physicist to win the Gravity Research Foundation essay contest
1955
- Formation of the Research Institute for Advanced Studies (RIAS)
- September 7: Agnew Bahnson incorporates The Institute for Field Physics at UNC Chapel Hill, directed by Bryce DeWitt and CĂ©cile DeWitt-Morette
1957
- January 18-23: Conference on the Role of Gravitation in Physics at UNC Chapel Hill
1973
- Mansfield Amendment terminates Department of Defense funding for anti-gravity research
Relevant People
- Roger Babson
- Agnew H. Bahnson
- Bryce Seligman DeWitt
- CĂ©cile DeWitt-Morette
- Edward Witten
- Louis Witten
- Solomon Lefschetz
- Rudolf E. KĂĄlmĂĄn
- Sheldon Glashow
- Peter Higgs
Notable winners of the Gravity Research Foundation essay contest
- Bryce Seligman DeWitt (1st place, 1953)
- Richard Arnowitt and Stanley Deser (1st place, 1954)
- John Archibald Wheeler (2nd place, 1957)
- Julian Schwinger (2nd place, 1975)
- Freeman Dyson (4th place, 1962)
- Roger Penrose (2nd place, 1966; 2nd place, 1968; 1nd place, 1975)
- Stephen Hawking (2nd place, 1965; 3rd place, 1966; 2nd place, 1968; 5th place, 1969; 1st place, 1971; 3rd place, 1974)
Relevant Institutions
- Gravity Research Foundation
- Institute for Field Physics at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Research Institute for Advanced Studies (RIAS)
- Glenn L. Martin Company
- Curtiss-Wright Corporation
Eric's Coverage
Tweets
Videos
Eric Weinstein Î Mick West: UAPs, Evidence, Skepticism
Avi Loeb + Eric Weinstein: NASA gets into UAPs, Galileo Project update, and Government Competence
The Physics of UFOs: Eric Weinstein + Hal Puthoff
Joe Rogan Experience #1945
See Also
- The Price of Gravity: Private Patronage and the Transformation of Gravitational Physics after World War II by David Kaiser & Dean Rickles
- The Role of Gravitation in Physics: Report from the 1957 Chapel Hill Conference
- Behind the scenes of the 1957 Chapel Hill Conference on the role of gravitation in physics by Dean Rickles