Fritz Zwicky
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 50 years ago |
Date of birth | February 14,1898 |
Zodiac sign | Aquarius |
Born | Varna |
Bulgaria | |
Date of died | February 8,1974 |
Died | Pasadena |
California | |
United States | |
Parents | Fridolin Zwicky |
Franziska Vrček | |
Children | Margrit Zwicky |
Franziska Pfenninger | |
Job | Astronomer |
Books | Morphological Astronomy |
Discovery, Invention, Research Through the Morphological Approach | |
Astrophysik IV: Sternsysteme / Astrophysics IV: Stellar Systems | |
Astrophysik II: Sternaufbau / Astrophysics II: Stellar Structure | |
Awards | Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society |
Presidential Medal of Freedom | |
Discovered | Cartwheel Galaxy |
Alma mater | Swiss Federal Polytechnic |
Education | ETH Zürich |
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ID | 457063 |
Fritz Zwicky Life story
Fritz Zwicky was a Swiss astronomer. He worked most of his life at the California Institute of Technology in the United States of America, where he made many important contributions in theoretical and observational astronomy.