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James Trefil

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Gender Male
Age 86
Date of birth September 10,1938
Zodiac sign Virgo
Born Chicago
Illinois
United States
Children 5
Education Stanford University
University of Oxford
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Awards Guggenheim Fellowship for Natural Sciences, US & Canada
BooksSpace Atlas: Mapping the Universe and Beyond
The sciences : an integrated approach
Science Matters: Achieving Scientific Literacy
Exoplanets: Diamond Worlds, Super Earths, Pulsar Planets, and the New Search for Life Beyond Our Solar System
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James Stanley Trefil is an American physicist and author of nearly fifty books. Much of his published work focuses on science for the general audience. He has served as Professor of Physics at the University of Virginia and, since 1988, as Robinson Professor of Physics at George Mason University.

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