Hanoch Gutfreund | |
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חנוך גוטפרוינד | |
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Born | 1935 (age 88–89) |
Nationality | Israeli |
Alma mater | the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Ph.D. in theoretical physics; 1966) |
Known for | President of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
Title | the Andre Aisenstadt Chair in theoretical physics |
Hanoch Gutfreund (Hebrew: חנוך גוטפרוינד; born 1935) is the Andre Aisenstadt Chair in theoretical physics and was the president at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Prior to his presidency, he was a professor at the university.
Gutfreund received a Ph.D. in theoretical physics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1966. [1] [2]
Gutfreund is the Andre Aisenstadt Chair in Theoretical Physics and has been a professor at the university since 1985. [2] [3] Gutfreund was earlier the Head of the Physics Institute, Head of the Advanced Studies Institute, Rector, and President of the university from 1992 to 1997 (following Yoram Ben-Porat, and succeeded by Menachem Magidor). [2] [4] [5] [6]
Gutfreund is the Director of the Einstein Center and is Hebrew University's appointee responsible for Albert Einstein's intellectual property. [2] [7] [8] [9] He heads the executive committee of the Israel Science Foundation. [2]
His writings include The Formative Years of Relativity: The History and Meaning of Einstein's Princeton Lectures (with Jürgen Renn, Princeton University Press, 2017) and The Road to Relativity: The History and Meaning of Einstein's "The Foundation of General Relativity", Featuring the Original Manuscript of Einstein's Masterpiece (with Jürgen Renn, Princeton University Press, 2017), and Einstein on Einstein: Autobiographical and Scientific Reflections (with Jürgen Renn, Princeton University Press, 2020). [10] [11] [12]
Gutfreund lives in Jerusalem. [13]