Eugene Hecht, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Eugene Hecht

American physicist

Date of Birth: 02-Dec-1931

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Profession: physicist, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Eugene Hecht (born 2 December 1938 in New York City) is an American physicist and author of a standard work in optics. Hecht studied at New York University (B.S.
1960) and Rutgers University (M.
Sc.
1963).
During his graduate study he worked at Radio Corporation of America. Adelphi University hired Hecht to teach and he became professor in 1978. Hecht challenged the notion of potential energy in 2003.
The elusive nature of a universal definition of energy was argued by Hecht in a letter to the editor of The Physics Teacher in 2004.
Then in 2006 he wrote "There is no really good definition of mass".
He continued with the topic in 2011 and 2016..
Eugene Hecht is also widely published authority on George E.
Ohr and American art pottery and a founding member of the American Ceramic Arts Society.