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Friedwardt Winterberg | |
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Nationality | American, previously German |
Alma mater | Max Planck Institute |
Known for | General relativity Nuclear rocket propulsion GPS |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics |
Doctoral advisor | Werner 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]