Albert Roach Hibbs Net Worth
Albert Roach Hibbs Net Worth is
$1.2 Million
Albert Roach Hibbs Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Albert Roach Hibbs was a noted mathematician known worldwide as "the voice of JPL". He was born in Akron, Ohio on October 19, 1924 and died on February 24, 2003 of complications following heart surgery.In 1949, Hibbs and Roy Walford took time off, from graduate school and medical school respectively, to go to Reno and Las Vegas to beat the casinos at roulette. Studying biases in the roulette wheels, they made thousands of dollars (a significant sum at the time), variously estimated between $6,500 (Life magazine) and $42,000 (a Walford obituary). According to Albert Hibbs himself, during an episode of You Bet Your Life on which he was a contestant, he made "about $12,000."Hibbs earned his Ph.D. in 1955 under Richard Feynman, with a dissertation titled "The Growth of Water Waves Due to the Action of the Wind". He also transcribed and edited Feynman's lectures in quantum electrodynamics, and coauthored their book on path integrals and quantum mechanics. He called upon his mentor at least once to provide recommendations to NASA for his selection as a science astronaut in the Apollo program. In 1967, Hibbs was chosen to become an astronaut on the Apollo 25 moon mission, but the program was canceled before it would have been launched.In 1962, Hibbs began hosting a Saturday morning educational program on NBC television entitled Exploring. It mostly, but not exclusively, covered scientific topics, featuring segments with the Ritts puppets, cinematic short subjects, animated versions of famous legends, and music. It ran for several years, but received poor ratings, and was constantly shifted around the schedule.Hibbs enjoyed making kinetic sculpture as a hobby and was fascinated by self-actuated machines—a field where he once again collaborated in a well known idea-experiment of Feynman's. According to Feynman, it was Hibbs who originally suggested to him (circa 1959) the idea of a medical use for Feynman's theoretical micromachines (see nanotechnology). Hibbs suggested that certain repair machines might one day be reduced in size to the point that it would, in theory, be possible to (as Feynman put it) "swallow the doctor". | Date Of Birth | October 19, 1924 |
| Died | 2003-01-01 |
| Place Of Birth | Akron, Ohio, USA |
| Star Sign | Libra |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | After receiving his Master's degree in Chicago, he and a friend figured out a system for beating roulette wheels. In Reno, he won $12,000, bought a yacht and sailed around the Caribbean for 18 months. |
| 2 | System designer for Explorer I, the country's pioneering scientific orbiter launched from Cape Canaveral in 1958. |
| 3 | Spokesman for NASA. |
| 4 | Children (with first wife): daughter Victora, son Bart. |
| 5 | Rocket scientist who was a systems designer on Explorer I, the USA's first satellite to orbit the earth in 1958. |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| America Undercover | 1985 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | 1966 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Exploring | 1962 | TV Series documentary | Himself / Himself (host) |
| You Bet Your Life | 1959 | TV Series | Himself - Physicist |
Known for movies
You Bet Your Life (1959)
as Himself - Physicist
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1966)
as Himself - Guest
Exploring (1962)
as Himself / Himself (host)
America Undercover (1985)
as Himself - Jet Propulsion Laboratory