Lyman Spitzer Jr. (June 26, 1914 – March 31, 1997) was an American theoretical physicist, astronomer and mountaineer. As a scientist, he carried out research...
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telescope in outer space used to observe astronomical objects. Suggested by Lyman Spitzer in 1946, the first operational telescopes were the American Orbiting...
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being named in honor of astronomer Lyman Spitzer, who had promoted the concept of space telescopes in the 1940s. Spitzer wrote a 1946 report for RAND Corporation...
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century art dealer, after whom the Spitzer Cross is named Leo Spitzer (1887–1960), Austrian linguist Lyman Spitzer (1914–1997), American theoretical physicist...
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The Spitzer resistivity (or plasma resistivity) is an expression describing the electrical resistance in a plasma, which was first formulated by Lyman Spitzer...
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of this program changed from H-bombs to fusion power in 1951, when Lyman Spitzer developed the stellarator concept and was granted funding from the Atomic...
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performance. The initial results were released in 1965, but were ignored; Lyman Spitzer dismissed them out of hand after noting potential problems in their...
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magnetic mirror. The stellarator was invented by American scientist Lyman Spitzer of Princeton University in 1951, and much of its early development was...
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U-shape which gives the mountain its vertical drop Donald Morton and Lyman Spitzer made the first recorded ascent of Mount Thor in 1965 during the Alpine...
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potential military weapon. In 1946, American theoretical astrophysicist Lyman Spitzer proposed an orbiting space telescope. In February 1954, Project RAND...
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of the Hubble Space Telescope can be traced to 1946, to astronomer Lyman Spitzer's paper "Astronomical advantages of an extraterrestrial observatory"...
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observe the 21 cm hyperfine line of neutral interstellar hydrogen 1956 — Lyman Spitzer predicts coronal gas around the Milky Way 1965 — James Gunn and Bruce...
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House sponsored contest to develop a fusion reactor along with Lyman Spitzer. Spitzer went on to develop the Stellarator concept at Princeton. The previous...
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conservation in the United States. Lyman Spitzer, noted theoretical physicist and astronomer was a member of the club. In 1965, Spitzer and Donald Morton became...
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Bang (2013) - Walter Transparent (2015) - Dean Carl Spitzer In the Forest (2022) - Stan (Grandpa) "Lyman Ward". Northernstars.ca. The Canadian Movie Database...
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to eject material, instead of requiring solar prominences. In 1939, Lyman Spitzer showed that a column of material drawn out from the sun would dissipate...
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Ślopek George J. Smets George D. Snell Leonard Sosnowky Roger W. Sperry Lyman Spitzer Frederick Stewart Heikki Suomalainen Pol Swings Charles Tanford Henry...
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Richard B. Kershner Edward W. Bonnett Antonio Ferri Theodore D. Smith Lyman Spitzer Laurence J. Adams Franklin W. Kolk Walter O. Lowrie Thomas G. Pownall...
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Disney Company Gaddis Smith, professor emeritus of history at Yale Lyman Spitzer, theoretical physicist Daniel Yergin, Pulitzer Prize-winning author...
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Gahm, Gösta (1985). "The Crafoord Prize 1985 in Astronomy to Professor Lyman Spitzer Jr". Physica Scripta. 11. IOP Publishing: 3–4. Bibcode:1985PhST...11...
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Ślopek George J. Smets George D. Snell Leonard Sosnowky Roger W. Sperry Lyman Spitzer Frederick Stewart Heikki Suomalainen Pol Swings Charles Tanford Henry...
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Ślopek George J. Smets George D. Snell Leonard Sosnowky Roger W. Sperry Lyman Spitzer Frederick Stewart Heikki Suomalainen Pol Swings Charles Tanford Henry...
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(1935), advertising, racecar driver Lyman Spitzer (1935), theoretical physicist and namesake of the NASA Spitzer Space Telescope Sonny Tufts (1935), actor...
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descendants, the Whitney family Lyman Spitzer Jr., American theoretical physicist, astronomer and mountaineer. Namesake of NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. Ariovistus...
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Microsoft Emerging Explorers Grant Galen Rowell Memorial Photography Award Lyman Spitzer Adventure Award: K7 Climbing Expedition Polartec Grant Recipient: K7...
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Ślopek George J. Smets George D. Snell Leonard Sosnowky Roger W. Sperry Lyman Spitzer Frederick Stewart Heikki Suomalainen Pol Swings Charles Tanford Henry...
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Ślopek George J. Smets George D. Snell Leonard Sosnowky Roger W. Sperry Lyman Spitzer Frederick Stewart Heikki Suomalainen Pol Swings Charles Tanford Henry...
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American botanist Lyman Cornelius Smith (1850–1910), American industrialist Lyman Spitzer (1914–1997), American theoretical physicist Lyman Tremain (1819–1878)...
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UV telescope built by Princeton University under the supervision of Lyman Spitzer. The mission also used a new inertial reference unit that was developed...
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achieving controlled nuclear fusion. Princeton astrophysics professor Lyman Spitzer became the first director of the project and remained director until...
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