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Lowell L. Wood
Lowell Lincoln Wood Jr. (born 1941) is an American astrophysics, astrophysicist who has been involved with the Strategic Defense Initiative and with climate engineering, geoengineering studies. He has been affiliated with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the Hoover Institution, and chaired the Nuclear electromagnetic pulse#Post–Cold War attack scenarios, EMP Commission. Wood is a List of prolific inventors, prolific inventor listed on 1,761 U.S. patents as of August 21, 2018. Wood passed Thomas Edison on June 30, 2015, becoming the all-time most prolific inventor from the United States based on number of issued U.S. utility patents. Wood earned a Doctor of Philosophy, PhD in geophysics from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1965 for thesis titled ''Hyperthermal Processes in the Solar Atmosphere''. He currently works for Intellectual Ventures. Political work Wood meets and consults with global think tanks on global warming. He has suggested anti-global ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astrophysics
Astrophysics is a science that employs the methods and principles of physics and chemistry in the study of astronomical objects and phenomena. As one of the founders of the discipline said, Astrophysics "seeks to ascertain the nature of the heavenly bodies, rather than their positions or motions in space–''what'' they are, rather than ''where'' they are." Among the subjects studied are the Sun, other stars, galaxies, extrasolar planets, the interstellar medium and the cosmic microwave background. Emissions from these objects are examined across all parts of the electromagnetic spectrum, and the properties examined include luminosity, density, temperature, and chemical composition. Because astrophysics is a very broad subject, ''astrophysicists'' apply concepts and methods from many disciplines of physics, including classical mechanics, electromagnetism, statistical mechanics, thermodynamics, quantum mechanics, relativity, nuclear and particle physics, and atomic and m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |