Friedwardt Winterberg

Friedwardt Winterberg
Born(1929-06-12)June 12, 1929
NationalityAmerican, previously German
Alma materMax Planck Institute
Known forGeneral relativity
Nuclear rocket propulsion
GPS
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
Doctoral advisorWerner Heisenberg

Friedwardt Winterberg (born June 12, 1929) is a German-American theoretical physicist and was a research professor at the University of Nevada, Reno. He is known for his research in areas spanning general relativity, Planck scale physics, nuclear fusion, and plasmas. His work in nuclear rocket propulsion earned him the 1979 Hermann Oberth Gold Medal of the Wernher von Braun International Space Flight Foundation[1][2][3] and a 1981 citation by the Nevada Legislature.[3][4] He is also an honorary member of the German Aerospace Society Lilienthal-Oberth.

Only child is Astrid Winterberg.[citation needed]

  1. ^ Astronautics & Aeronautics Magazine, AIAA, v. 17, p 83, 1979, ISSN 0004-6213
  2. ^ "Winterberg is Hermann Oberth Gold Medalist". Physics Today. 32 (12): 64. December 1979. doi:10.1063/1.2995324.
  3. ^ a b Bio Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine from the University of Nevada, Reno website.
  4. ^ Nevada Legislature, Statutes of the State of Nevada passed at the 61st Session of the Legislature, Senate Concurrent Resolution no. 68, William S. Hein & Co, 1981