biography
pronunciation:
[jastroh]
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| (1925– )
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| biography:
| Physicist and writer, born in New York City, USA. Involved in the theoretical aspects of space exploration and the early development of NASA, he was director of the Goddard Institute for Space Studies (1961–81). He joined the faculty of Dartmouth College in 1973, and became director of the Mt Wilson Institute, CA in 1990. His books include Red Giants and White Dwarfs (1963) ,Journey to the Stars (1989), and God and the Astronomers (2000). |
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