Sheldon Goldstein (born October 24, 1947, in Augusta, Georgia)[1] is an American theoretical physicist. He introduced the term "Bohmian mechanics".[2]
Goldstein graduated from Yeshiva University with a B.A. in 1969, a B.S. in 1971, and a Ph.D. in physics in 1973. His Ph.D. thesis, supervised by Joel Lebowitz, is entitled Ergodic Theory and Infinite Systems [3] Since 1977 Goldstein has been a professor at Rutgers University.[4] His research deals with the foundations of quantum mechanics and, especially, theoretical developments of De Broglie–Bohm theory. His collaborators include Joel Lebowitz[5][6] and Detlef Dürr.[7] In a 1981 paper, Goldstein and Oliver Penrose described a new method of defining nonequilibrium entropy in statistcal mechanics.[8] Goldstein contributed the article Bohmian Mechanics to the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. [9]
For two academic years from 1973 to 1975, Goldstein was at the Institute for Advanced Study.[10] He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is a member of the board of governors of the John Bell Institute for the Foundations of Physics[11] (founded by Tim Maudlin).
Sheldon Goldstein and Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, a novelist and philosopher, were married from 1969 to 1999, until they divorced. They are the parents of the novelist Yael Goldstein Love[12] and the poet Danielle Blau.[13]
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