David E. Goldman (David Eliot Goldman, 1910–1998) was a scientist famous for the Goldman equation which he derived for his doctorate degree in 1943 at Columbia University working with Kenneth Cole.
[1][2] In the 1950s, while employed by the United States Navy, he was part of the CHABA (Committee on hearing and bioacoustics) team, which looked at the human effects of high-intensity noise.
[3] He became an early proponent of protection against loud noise and vibration.
[1] His son Dr. James Eliot Goldman is a scientist and neuropathologist.
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