Goldberg
Encyclopedia

People

  • Goldberg (surname)
    Goldberg (surname)
    Goldberg is a surname of German origin, meaning 'gold mountain'. It is common among Ashkenazi Jews, but it is also used by non-Jewish Germans. It may refer to:- Entertainment :* Adam Goldberg, American actor* Mike Goldberg, American UFC commentator...

    , people with the surname Goldberg
  • Whoopi Goldberg
    Whoopi Goldberg
    Whoopi Goldberg is an American comedian, actress, singer-songwriter, political activist, author and talk show host.Goldberg made her film debut in The Color Purple playing Celie, a mistreated black woman in the Deep South. She received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress and won...

    , Actress, Comedienne
  • Bill Goldberg
    Bill Goldberg
    Goldberg earned a scholarship to play for the University of Georgia Bulldogs football team where he served as a defensive tackle. He was taken in the 11th round, with the 302nd overall selection, in the 1990 NFL Draft....

    , Former Professional Wrestler

Entertainment

  • Maximum Destruction, a monster truck driven by Tom Meents that was originally named for Bill Goldberg
  • The Goldbergs
    The Goldbergs
    The Goldbergs is a comedy-drama broadcast from 1929 to 1946 on American radio, and from 1949 to 1956 on American television. It was adapted into a 1948 play, Me and Molly, and a 1973 Broadway musical, Molly.-Radio:...

    , American radio and television comedy-drama series

Music

  • Goldberg Ensemble
    Goldberg Ensemble
    The Goldberg Ensemble is a string ensemble formed in 1982 in Manchester, UK. The group also performs as a chamber orchestra, a festival opera company, a chamber ensemble, and a contemporary ensemble....

    , a British string ensemble
  • Goldberg Variations
    Goldberg Variations
    The Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, is a work for harpsichord by Johann Sebastian Bach, consisting of an aria and a set of 30 variations. First published in 1741, the work is considered to be one of the most important examples of variation form...

    , a set of 30 keyboard variations by Johann Sebastian Bach

Companies

  • Goldbergs
    Goldbergs
    A. Goldberg and Sons plc was a Scottish retail organisation which, prior to its demise in 1990, had grown from a single Glasgow store in 1908 to a chain of over 100 outlets.At the Edinburgh store there was a cafe on the top floor with a roof garden....

    , a British department store group that ceased trading in 1991
  • Carl Goldberg Products, an American manufacturer of radio-controlled airplane kits
  • Spelling-Goldberg Productions
    Spelling-Goldberg Productions
    Spelling-Goldberg Productions was a television production company established in 1972 by Aaron Spelling and Leonard Goldberg. Together, they've produced such shows as Starsky & Hutch, T. J. Hooker, S.W.A.T., Charlie's Angels, Fantasy Island and Hart To Hart...

    , an American television production company

Science

  • Goldberg reaction, in chemistry
  • Goldberg-Sachs theorem
    Goldberg-Sachs theorem
    The Goldberg–Sachs theorem is a result in Einstein's theory of general relativity about vacuum solutions of the Einstein field equations relating the existence of a certain type of congruence with algebraic properties of the Weyl tensor....

    , a theorem in general relativity
  • Goldberg system
    Goldberg system
    A system of plant taxonomy, the Goldberg system was published in: Aaron Goldberg treats the Angiosperms, in which he recognizes 334 families and 59 orders of Dicotyledons and accept 57 familiesand 18 orders of Monocotyledons:*::: classis Dicotyledoneae*::::ordo Trochodendrales*::::::...

    , a system of plant taxonomy
  • Goldberger-Wise mechanism
    Goldberger-Wise mechanism
    In particle physics, the Goldberger–Wise mechanism is a popular mechanism that determines the size of the fifth dimension in Randall-Sundrum models. The mechanism uses a scalar field that propagates throughout the five-dimensional bulk...

    , in particle physics

Other

  • Goldberg Horror Award
    Goldberg Horror Award
    The Goldberg Horror Award is an annual award from to the writer of the best full length fiction of the past year as chosen by popular vote in honor of d.g.k. goldberg. The cash award is raised by donations received from Anotherealm readers....

    , an annual literary award for the horror genre
  • Goldberg House, a college house at the University of Pennsylvania
    University of Pennsylvania
    The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...

  • Goldberg machine, any complex apparatus that performs a simple task in an indirect and convoluted way
  • Goldberg Magazine
    Goldberg Magazine
    Goldberg Magazine was a Spanish-based publication devoted to early music and Baroque music. The magazine was initially published in bilingual English/Spanish and English/French versions...

    , a Spanish-based publication devoted to early and Baroque music
  • Goldberg test
    Goldberg test
    The Goldberg Test is a depression test developed by the American psychiatrist Ivan K. Goldberg. The test is an 18 question scaled multiple choice test where a score above 15 indicates the possible needfor a psychiatric evaluation -External links:* *...

    , a method of diagnosing clinical depression
    Clinical depression
    Major depressive disorder is a mental disorder characterized by an all-encompassing low mood accompanied by low self-esteem, and by loss of interest or pleasure in normally enjoyable activities...

  • Goldberg v. Kelly
    Goldberg v. Kelly
    Goldberg v. Kelly, 397 U.S. 254 , is a case in which the United States Supreme Court ruled that the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution requires an evidentiary hearing before a recipient of certain government benefits can be deprived of such benefits...

    , a United States Supreme Court case regarding due process
  • Rostker v. Goldberg
    Rostker v. Goldberg
    Rostker v. Goldberg, 453 U.S. 57 , was a decision of the United States Supreme Court holding that the practice of requiring only men to register for the draft was constitutional....

    , a United States Supreme Court case regarding women in the military

See also

  • Goldberg Variations (disambiguation)
    Goldberg Variations (disambiguation)
    The Goldberg Variations are a musical composition by Johann Sebastian Bach.Goldberg Variations may also refer to:* The Goldberg Variations , a 1955 recording of Bach's work by pianist Glenn Gould...

  • Goldbergturm
    Goldbergturm
    The Goldbergturm is a 51 metre high water tower on the Goldberg at in Sindelfingen, Germany. The Goldbergturm was built in 1963 and has in its basket, besides a water reservoir, a restaurant from which a stairway runs to its open-air observation deck....

  • Goldenberg (disambiguation)
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