Famous People with Name Gould

Stephen Jay Gould            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Stephen Jay Gould: was a prominent American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and historian of science. He was also one of the most influential and widely read writers of popular science of his generation. Gould spent most of his career teaching at Harvard University and working at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.Gould's greatest contribution to science was his theory of punctuated equilibrium which he developed with Niles Eldredge in 1972.[1] The theory proposes that most evolution is marked by long periods of evolutionary stability, which is later punctuated by rare instances of branching evolution. The theory was contrasted against phyletic gradualism, the popular idea that evolutionary change is marked by a pattern of smooth and continuous change in the fossil record.

Gordon Gould            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Gordon Gould: was an American physicist who is widely, but not universally, credited with the invention of the laser. Gould is best known for his thirty-year fight with the United States Patent and Trademark Office to obtain patents for the laser and related technologies. He also fought with laser manufacturers in court battles to enforce the patents he subsequently did obtain.By 1957, many scientists including Townes were looking for a way to achieve maser-like amplification of visible light. In November of that year, Gould realized that one could make an appropriate optical resonator by using two mirrors in the form of a Fabry-Pérot interferometer. Unlike previously-considered designs, this approach would produce a narrow, coherent, intense beam. Since the sides of the cavity did not need to be reflective, the gain medium could easily be optically pumped to achieve the necessary population inversion. Gould also considered pumping of the medium by atomic-level collisions, and anticipated many of the potential uses of such a device.

Hal Gould            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Hal Gould: is an American photographer and gallery curator.Gould grew up on a farm in New Mexico and left home at the age of 15. After holding a number of different jobs, he entered dentistry school, but was drafted into the army in 1940. After he was called to duty

Steve Gould            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Steve Gould: a Canadian curler from Headingley, Manitoba. He currently plays lead for Jeff Stoughton.Gould has played lead for Stoughton since 1996 except for in 1999 when he played alternate for Stoughton. With Stoughton, he has won two Briers (1996, 1999) a World Cu

Augustus Addison Gould            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Augustus Addison Gould: was an American conchologist.As a conchologist his reputation was worldwide, and he was one of the pioneers of the science in America. His writings fill many pages of the publications of the Boston Society of Natural History (see vol. xi. p. 197 for a lis