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Miller spent his entire career teaching physics at the Case School of Applied Science in Cleveland, Ohio, as head of the physics department from 1893 until his retirement in 1936. Following the discovery of X-rays by Wilhelm Röntgen in 1895, Miller used cathode-ray tubes built by William Crookes to make some of the first photographic images of ...
Cincinnati, Ohio, US City Observatory, Edinburgh 1818 Edinburgh, Scotland, UK Clarke Observatory: 1897 / 1923 Dunkirk, New York / Alliance, Ohio, US Class of 1951 Observatory: 1997 Poughkeepsie, New York, US Cloudcroft Observatory (defunct) 1962 New Mexico, US Coats Observatory: 1883 Paisley, Scotland, UK Coit Observatory: Boston, Massachusetts, US
The following is a list of people who are considered a "father" or "mother" (or "founding father" or "founding mother") of a scientific field.Such people are generally regarded to have made the first significant contributions to and/or delineation of that field; they may also be seen as "a" rather than "the" father or mother of the field.
The following is a list of astronomers, astrophysicists and other notable people who have made contributions to the field of astronomy.They may have won major prizes or awards, developed or invented widely used techniques or technologies within astronomy, or are directors of major observatories or heads of space-based telescope projects.
He hosts several podcasts and a YouTube series, consults for television and film productions, publishes in popular science publications, and gives public lectures on topics in physics and astronomy topics. [1] In 2017, Sutter received the award for "Best Director" at the Escape Velocity Film Festival for his film Song of the Stars. [6]
Award Sponsor Country Notes Annie Jump Cannon Award in Astronomy: American Astronomical Society: United States: Woman resident of North America, within five years of receipt of a Ph.D., for distinguished contributions to astronomy or for similar contributions in related sciences which have immediate application to astronomy [1]
Fellow of the Royal Society (1869) Rumford Medal, Royal Society of London (1874) Janssen Medal, Paris Academy of Sciences (1889) Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (1897) [6] President, British Association (1903 – 1904) The crater Lockyer on the Moon and the crater Lockyer on Mars are both named after him, as is Norman Lockyer Island ...
Tyson was born in Manhattan as the second of three children, into a Catholic family living in the Bronx. [4] [5] His African-American father, Cyril deGrasse Tyson (1927–2016), was a sociologist and human resource commissioner for New York City mayor John Lindsay, and the first director of Harlem Youth Opportunities Unlimited.