EntityQ5538860· pop 6· linked from 13 articlesGeorge Edward BackusSign in to saveAmerican geophysicistConnectionsChicagoEntityMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyEntityUniversity of ChicagoEntityFrench Academy of SciencesEntityNational Academy of SciencesEntityUniversity of California, San DiegoEntityAmerican Academy of Arts and SciencesEntityGold Medal of the Royal Astronomical SocietyEntitydynamo theoryEntityGuggenheim FellowshipEntityScripps Institution of OceanographyEntityAmerican Geophysical UnionEntityPrinceton Plasma Physics LaboratoryEntityJames Freeman GilbertEntitySociety of Exploration GeophysicistsEntityCategories1930 birthsAmerican geophysicistsFellows of the American Geophysical UnionLinear algebraistsLiving peopleMembers of the United States National Academy of SciencesRecipients of the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical SocietyUniversity of Chicago alumni