Editing David Goodstein

{{Short description|American physicist (1939–2024)}}
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| birth_name=David Louis Goodstein
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| birth_place       = [[New York City]], New York, U.S.
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| death_place       = [[Pasadena, California]]
| fields            = Physics, applied physics
| workplaces        = [[California Institute of Technology]]
| alma_mater        = [[Brooklyn College]]<br />[[University of Washington]]
| thesis_title      = The heat capacity of adsorbed helium
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| thesis_year       = 1965
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| doctoral_students = [[Roya Maboudian]]
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| spouse            = [[Judith R. Goodstein]]
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'''David Louis Goodstein''' (April 5, 1939 – April 10, 2024) was an American physicist and educator. From 1988 to 2007 he served as Vice-[[provost (education)|provost]] of the [[California Institute of Technology]] (Caltech), where he was also a [[professor]] of physics and [[applied physics]], as well as (since 1995) the Frank J. Gilloon Distinguished Teaching and Service Professor.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://oralhistories.library.caltech.edu/273/ |title=Interview with David L. Goodstein - CaltechOralHistories|access-date=13 August 2019}}</ref>

==Life and work==
David Louis Goodstein was born on April 5, 1939.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=lldYAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Goodstein,+David+Louis%22+1939 ''American Men & Women of Science'', Volume 3, Thomson/Gale, 2009, p. 230]</ref> He was educated at [[Brooklyn College]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]], 1960) and at the [[University of Washington]] ([[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]], 1965).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://oralhistories.library.caltech.edu/273/ |title=CaltechOralHistories, The Caltech Institute Archives|access-date=13 August 2019}}</ref> He wrote several books, including ''States of Matter'' (1975) (reprinted in a Dover paperback edition) and ''[[Feynman’s Lost Lecture]]'' (1996). In the 1980s he was the director and host of ''[[The Mechanical Universe]]'', an educational television series on physics that was adapted for high school use and translated into many other languages. The series has been broadcast on hundreds of public broadcasting stations and has garnered more than a dozen prestigious awards, including the 1987 Japan Prize for television.<ref>http://www.nhk.or.jp/jp-prize/1987/main.html (Japanese)</ref>

In his later age, while continuing to teach and conduct research in experimental [[condensed matter physics]], he turned his attention to issues related to science and society. In articles and speeches, he addressed [[scientific misconduct|conduct and misconduct in science]],<ref>[https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/when-scientists-sin When Scientists Sin] (Scientific American, Michael Shermer, July 1, 2010)</ref> and issues related to [[fossil fuel]]s and the [[climate]] of Planet Earth. In 2004 he published a best-selling book ''[[Out of Gas: The End of the Age of Oil]]''.

In 1999, Goodstein was awarded the [[Oersted Medal]] of the [[American Association of Physics Teachers]],<ref>[https://www.aapt.org/Programs/awards/oersted.cfm Oersted Medal (AAPT) – Award Winners]</ref> and in 2000, the John P. McGovern Medal of the [[Sigma Xi]] Society.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sigmaxi.org/programs/prizes-awards/william-procter/award-winner/david-l.-goodstein/ |title=Sigma Xi Prizes and Awards|access-date=13 August 2019}}</ref> He served on and chaired numerous scientific and academic panels, including the National Advisory Committee to the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate of the [[National Science Foundation]]. He was a founding member of the board of directors of the [[California Council on Science and Technology]].

In 2015 he published ''Thermal Physics: Energy and Entropy''.<ref>[http://www.cambridgeblog.org/2016/05/the-mystery-of-thermal-physics/ The Mystery of Thermal Physics] (by David Goodstein, cambridgeblog.org)</ref> Goodstein died in [[Pasadena, California]] on April 10, 2024, five days after his 85th birthday.<ref name=pasadenanow>{{citation|title=Caltech Remembers David Goodstein | newspaper=[[Pasadena Now]] |date=April 13, 2024 |url=https://www.pasadenanow.com/main/caltech-remembers-david-goodstein}}</ref>

==Publications==
===Books===
* 1975 ''States of matter''. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall (reissued by Dover Publications, 1985; [https://books.google.com/books?id=OfEIBAAAQBAJ unabridged and corrected republication, 2014)].
* 1985 ''The mechanical universe: introduction to mechanics and heat'' (Richard P. Olenick, Tom M. Apostol, David L. Goodstein). New York: Cambridge University Press (1st pbk. ed. 2007).
* 1985 [https://books.google.com/books?id=Ht4T7C7AXZIC ''Beyond the mechanical universe: from electricity to modern physics''] (Richard P. Olenick, Tom M. Apostol, David L. Goodstein). New York: Cambridge University Press (1st pbk. ed. 2007).
* 1986 ''The Mechanical Universe, Mechanics and Heat'', Advanced Edition, textbook (Steven C. Frautschi, Richard P. Olenick, Tom M. Apostol, David L. Goodstein). New York: Cambridge University Press (1st pbk. ed. 2008).
* 1996 ''Feynman's lost lecture: the motion of planets around the sun'' (David L. Goodstein and Judith R. Goodstein). New York: Norton.
* 2004 [https://books.google.com/books/about/Out_of_Gas.html?id=nHrv78UlK7wC''Out of gas: the End of the Age of Oil'']. New York: Norton.
* 2010 [https://books.google.com/books?id=78EEJoEaXuwC ''On fact and fraud: cautionary tales from the front lines of science'']. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press.
* 2011 ''Adventures in Cosmology'' (David Goodstein, editor). Singapore: World Scientific Publishing. [https://books.google.com/books?id=9v9pDQAAQBAJ 2012 reprint]
* 2012 ''Climate Change and the Energy Problem: Physical Science and Economics Perspective'' (David Goodstein & Michael Intriligator). Singapore: World Scientific Publishing (2nd Edition, 2017).
* 2012 (by Paolo Saraceno). ''Beyond the stars: our origins and the search for life in the universe'' (David Goodstein, translator). Singapore; Hackensack, N.J.: World Scientific Publishing.
* 2015 [https://books.google.com/books?id=sBl2BgAAQBAJ ''Thermal physics: energy and entropy'']. Cambridge, UK; New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
* 2018 [https://books.google.com/books?id=6BVeDwAAQBAJ ''Science of the Earth, Climate, and Energy''] (Milton W. Cole, Angela D. Lueking, David L. Goodstein). New Jersey: World Scientific Publishing.

===Articles, Book chapters, Reviews===
* 1989 "Richard P. Feynman, Teacher". ''Physics Today'', '''42'''(2):70–75. {{doi|10.1063/1.881195}}.
* 2000 (with Judith Goodstein). "Richard Feynman and the History of Superconductivity". ''Physics in Perspective'', '''2'''(1):30–47. {{doi|10.1007/s000160050035}}.
* 2011 "Quantum Man: Richard Feynman’s Life in Science" (Lawrence M. Krauss). Reviewed by David L. Goodstein. ''Physics Today'', '''64'''(3):55. {{doi|10.1063/1.3563821}}.
* 2011 "How Science Works", in: ''Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence'' (National Research Council). Washington, DC: The National Academies Press (3nd Edition), pp.&nbsp;37–54. [http://www.its.caltech.edu/~dg/HowScien.pdf preprint]

==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060207120556/http://pr.caltech.edu/periodicals/CaltechNews/articles/v38/oil.html The End of the Age of Oil] - article adapted from a talk by Caltech vice provost and professor of physics David Goodstein.
* [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8_xPU5epJddRABXqJ5h5G0dk-XGtA5cZ The Mechanical Universe] - A series of video lectures on physics, with David Goodstein as the lecturer.
* [http://www.its.caltech.edu/~dg/ Dr. David Goodstein's Homepage] - Includes a biography on him and some of his recent publications.

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