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(1929-2022) Author. Kurt Gottfried was born in Vienna, Austria, and died in Ithaca, New York.

Full Name

Kurt Gottfried

Locations

Tompkins

Author's Timeline

1929

BIRTH

Kurt Gottfried was born in Vienna, Austria, on May 17, 1929.

1964

OTHER

Mr. Gottfried taught at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, from 1964 until 1998.

1966

LITWORK

Quantum Mechanics: Fundamentals
Springer; 2nd edition (June 19, 2003)
0387955763 / 978-0387955766
Textbook, co-written with Tung-Mow Yan.

1984

LITWORK

The Fallacy of Star Wars
Vintage
0685096939 / 978-0685096932
Nonfiction co-edited by Kurt Gottfried and others.

1988

LITWORK

Crisis, Stability and Nuclear War
Oxford University Press
0195051467 / 978-0195051469
Nonfiction co-edited by Kurt Gottfried and Bruce G. Blair.

1990

LITWORK

Reforging European Security: From Confrontation to Cooperation
Westview Press
0813379652 / 978-0813379654
Nonfiction edited by Kurt Gottfried and others.

2022

DEATH

Kurt Gottfried died in a nursing home in Ithaca, New York, on August 25, 2022.

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