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Robert B. Leighton — MetaHistoryBook
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Robert B. Leighton
American astronomer (1919–1997)
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Details
Instance of
human
Born
10 September 1919
Died
9 March 1997
Place of birth
Detroit
Place of death
Pasadena
Sex or gender
male
Given name
Robert
Family name
Leighton
Field of work
experimental physics
,
astrophysics
,
astronomy
Occupation
physicist
,
astronomer
,
astrophysicist
,
university teacher
Citizenship
United States
Awards
Rumford Prize
,
Richtmyer Memorial Lecture Award
,
James Craig Watson Medal
academic degree
doctorate
doctoral advisor
William Vermillion Houston
,
Paul Sophus Epstein
doctoral student
Robert W. Noyes
educated at
California Institute of Technology
employer
California Institute of Technology
languages spoken, written or signed
English
member of
National Academy of Sciences
,
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
,
American Astronomical Society
,
American Association for the Advancement of Science
,
American Physical Society
Connected on Wikidata
Author of
The Feynman Lectures on Physics
Feynmanovy přednášky z fyziky: revidované vydání s řešenými příklady
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