Thomas Gold

Thomas Gold (May 22, 1920 – June 22, 2004) was an Austrian astrophysicist, a professor of astronomy at Cornell University, and a member of the US National Academy of Sciences. Gold was one of three young Cambridge scientists who advanced the scientific understanding of cosmology in the 1950s by proposing the controversial 'steady state' hypothesis of the universe. Gold had the unusual ability to cross academic and scientific boundaries, into biophysics, astrophysics, space engineering, or geophysics, to challenge longstanding dogma with his profound insights.

References

• Thomas Gold, (1992) "The deep, hot biosphere", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 89:6045-6049.
• Thomas Gold. The Deep Hot Biosphere. Copernicus Books, 1999, ISBN 0387985468.
• Thomas Gold, "Biosphäre der heißen Tiefe", edition steinherz, 2000, ISBN 3-98073780-2.