| LC control no. | n 81017878 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Harwit, Martin, 1931- |
| Variant(s) | Harwit, Martin Otto, 1931- |
| See also | Employer: Cornell University Employer: National Air and Space Museum Graduate of: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Graduate of: University of Michigan Graduate of: Oberlin College |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1931-03-09 |
| Place of birth | Prague (Czech Republic) |
| Field of activity | Astronomy |
| Affiliation | Cornell University National Air and Space Museum |
| Profession or occupation | Astronomers Museum directors College teachers |
| Found in | Rocketry and space flight, 1995: CIP t.p. (Martin O. Harwit) In search of the true universe, 2013: ECIP t.p. (Martin Harwit, Cornell University (Emeritus)) data view (Professor Emeritus of Astronomy at Cornell University; For many years he also served as Director of the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.) Wikipedia, viewed May 15, 2013 (Martin Harwit (born March 9, 1931 in Prague) is a Czech-American astronomer, author, and was director of the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. from 1987 to 1995.) OCLC, May 15, 2013 (hdg.: Harwit, Martin Otto, 1931- ) The Bruce Medalists website, viewed July 30, 2020 (Matin Otto Harwit, 2007 Bruce Medalist; 9 March 1931; Martin Harwit was born in Prague. At fifteen he immigrated to the United States and studied one year at the Bronx High School of Science before going to Oberlin College for his B.A. in physics. After earning a master's degree at the University of Michigan and serving in the U.S. Army, he entered M.I.T., where he earned his Ph.D. in physics in 1960. He did postdoctoral research on theoretical astrophysics problems with Fred Hoyle at the University of Cambridge, and then began a long career at Cornell University) <http://www.phys-astro.sonoma.edu/BruceMedalists/Harwit/index.html> |
| Associated language | eng |
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