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Fritz Zwicky
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Fritz Zwicky was a Swiss male author who lived from 1898 to 1974. He is associated with several published works, including "Morphological astronomy," "Catalogue of galaxies and of clusters of galaxies," and "Morphology of propulsive power." Other titles attributed to him include "Discovery, invention, research through the morphological approach" and "Catalogue of selected compact galaxies and of post-eruptive galaxies."
Records indicate that Zwicky has five or six works listed across different sources. He is referenced by 364 other encyclopedia articles. One of his recorded quotes states, "I myself can think of a dozen ways to annihilate all living persons within one hour."
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1898
- Works
- 6
Top works
- Morphological astronomy
- Catalogue of galaxies and of clusters of galaxies
- Morphology of propulsive power
- Discovery, invention, research through the morphological approach
- Catalogue of selected compact galaxies and of post-eruptive galaxies
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1
- Total plays
- 1
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,783x
- The psychology of interpersonal relations.
· 1958 · cited 9,713x
- Circulating microRNAs as stable blood-based markers for cancer detection
· 2008 · cited 6,765x
- A comprehensive review on PEM water electrolysis
· 2013 · cited 5,102x
- Mediation Analysis
· 2007 · cited 5,094x
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Quotes
- “I myself can think of a dozen ways to annihilate all living persons within one hour.”
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Fritz
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Switzerland
- Place of birth
- Varna
- Place of death
- Pasadena
- Occupation
- astrophysicist
- Educated at
- ETH Zurich
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- atheism
- Doctoral advisor
- Paul Scherrer
- Field of work
- astrophysics
- Image
- ETH-BIB-Zwicky, Fritz (1898-1974)-Portr 01030 (cropped).tif
- Residence
- United States
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- WikiProject Mathematics
- date of death
- 1974-02-08
- date of birth
- 1898-02-14
- Commons category
- Fritz Zwicky
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Physics
- name in native language
- Fritz Zwicky
- member of
- American Physical Society
- place of burial
- Mollis
- municipal affiliation of a Swiss national
- Mollis
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Encyclopedic overview
Fritz Zwicky (/ˈtsvɪki/; German: [ˈtsvɪki]; February 14, 1898 – February 8, 1974) 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. He was the first to propose supernovas as giant explosions at the end of a star's life, and neutron stars as the remnants left over after supernovas. In 1933, Zwicky proposed that unseen dark matter would explain the much higher mass required to explain velocity dispersion in the Coma Cluster, compared to mass calculated from luminosity data.
Biography
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