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Richard Price

Professor at University of Texas at Brownsville

Richard H. Price is a Senior Lecturer in physics at MIT. He is a renowned physicist specializing in general relativity, with a career spanning several decades.12

Born on March 1, 1943, Price received his PhD from Caltech in 1971 under the supervision of Kip Thorne. He spent most of his career (1971-2004) at the University of Utah, where he is now an emeritus professor. In 2004, he joined the University of Texas at Brownsville, and as of 2015, he became a senior lecturer at MIT.2

Price is best known for his work on black hole dynamics, particularly "Price's theorem," which explains how the no-hair theorem is enforced in black holes. He has also made significant contributions to numerical simulations of gravitational radiation during compact object mergers.2

In addition to his research, Price has been active in physics education and scientific communication. He served as the Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Physics from 2017 to 2020.1 Price is a Fellow of both the American Physical Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.2

Highlights

Interview with Richard Price, Academia.edu CEO - Scientific American
Jul 18 · physics.mit.edu
Richard Price, Academic Staff - MIT Physics
Richard Price, Academic Staff - MIT Physics

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Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts