Joel Primack

Joel Primack

Joel Primack is a professor of astronomy and astrophysics at the University of California, Santa Cruz and works at the Lick Observatory. Dr. Primack received his Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1970. According to his web site at the University of California, Santa Cruz, Dr. Primack's specific field of study is relativistic quantum field theory, cosmology and particle astrophysics. Joel Primack is also very much involved in supercomputer simulations of dark matter models and using computers to help students learn through interactive simulations.

Dr. Primack's most most well known for his co-authorship with Sandra Moore Faber and George Blumenthal of the theory of cold dark matter (CDM) during the 1980s. Joel Primack also just finished co-authoring a book with Nancy Abrams, [http://viewfromthecenter.com/ The View from the Center of the Universe] .

External links

* [http://scipp.ucsc.edu/personnel/profiles/primack.html Dr. Primack's page @ UCSC]
* [http://www.twis.org/audio/2006/05/02/ Radio Interview] from This Week in Science May 02, 2006 Broadcast


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