Rainer Kurt Sachs

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Rainer Kurt Sachs (born June 13, 1932) is currently a computational radiation biologist, but is better known for his work in astronomy. In particular he and Arthur Michael Wolfe were the authors of the Sachs-Wolfe effect, which concerns a property of the Cosmic microwave background radiation.

[edit] Life and Career

He was born in Germany in 1932, but came to the United States in 1937 so is generally considered an American scientist. He received his bachelor's in mathematics from MIT and his PhD in theoretical physics from Syracuse University. Until 1985 he worked on general relativistic cosmology and astrophysics.[1] He also co-wrote the book "General Relativity for Mathematicians."[2] His work in radiobiology has included research on radiation and cancer.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Curriculum Vitae
  2. ^ Harvard
  3. ^ Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences


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