Joel Primack

Joel Primack is Professor of Physics at the University of California, Santa Cruz. In collaboration with colleagues from astronomy (including Sandra Faber), he developed the "cold dark matter" theory. Currently he has been investigating the implications of various hypotheses regarding the identity of the dark matter for the formation and distribution of galaxies. He also works on science and technology policy. He and his wife, Nancy Ellen Abrams, are exploring the cultural implications of the ongoing revolution in cosmology and co-teach a popular UCSC course on Cosmology and Culture. He is the co-editor of Dark Matter in the Universe (1995) and co-author of Advice and Dissent: Scientists in the Political Arena (1972).

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