Iosif Shklovsky
Overview
Hlukhiv
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, Russian Empire
Russian Empire
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, July 1, 1916 – Moscow
Moscow
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, March 3, 1985) was a Soviet
Soviet Union
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astronomer
Astronomer
An astronomer is a scientist who studies celestial bodies such as planets, stars and galaxies.Historically, astronomy was more concerned with the classification and description of phenomena in the sky, while astrophysics attempted to explain these phenomena and the differences between them using...
and astrophysicist. He is remembered for work in theoretical astrophysics
Astrophysics
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and other topics, as well as for his 1962 book on extraterrestrial life, the revised and expanded version of which was co-authored by American astronomer Carl Sagan
Carl Sagan
Carl Edward Sagan was an American astronomer, astrophysicist, cosmologist, author, science popularizer and science communicator in astronomy and natural sciences. He published more than 600 scientific papers and articles and was author, co-author or editor of more than 20 books...
in 1966 as "Intelligent Life in the Universe."
He won the Lenin Prize
Lenin Prize
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in 1960 and the Bruce Medal
Bruce Medal
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in 1972.
