Iosif Shklovsky
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Soviet astronomer (1916–1985)
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Iosif Shklovsky was an astronomer and astrophysicist, born on 18 June 1916 in Hlukhiv and a citizen of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union. He was educated at the MSU Faculty of Physics of Lomonosov Moscow State University, where he was also employed, along with the Russian Space Research Institute and the Sternberg Astronomical Institute. His doctoral student was Nikolai Kardashev.
Shklovsky was a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences, and received the Bruce Medal, the Lenin Prize and the Karl G. Jansky Lectureship. He died on 3 March 1985 in Moscow and was buried at Vostryakovo Cemetery. He is recognised in the American Academy Arts Sciences collection.
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- Supernovae (Physics & Astronomical Monograph)
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Romania
- Active from
- 1845
- Active to
- 1902-09-28
Discography
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Key facts
- Born
- 1 July 1916 ( 1916-07 ) , Hlukhiv , Russian Empire
- Died
- 3 March 1985 (1985-03-03) (aged 68), Moscow , Soviet Union
- Alma mater
- Moscow State University
- Awards
- Lenin Prize , Bruce Medal
- Fields
- Astrophysics , Radio Astronomy , Search for extraterrestrial intelligence
- Institutions
- Russian Space Research Institute , Moscow State University , Sternberg Astronomical Institute
- Notable students
- Solomon Borisovich Pikelner , Nikolai Kardashev
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Soviet Union
- Place of birth
- Hlukhiv
- Place of death
- Moscow
- Occupation
- astrophysicist
- Educated at
- Lomonosov Moscow State University
- Employer
- Sternberg Astronomical Institute
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Field of work
- astrophysics
- Image
- Iosif Shklovsky.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1916-01-01
- date of death
- 1985-01-01
- member of
- National Academy of Sciences
- place of burial
- Vostryakovo Cemetery
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- Iosif Shklovsky
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- writing language
- Russian
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Encyclopedic overview
Iosif Samuilovich Shklovsky (sometimes transliterated Josif, Josif, Shklovskii, Shklovskij; Russian: Ио́сиф Самуи́лович Шкло́вский; 1 July 1916 – 3 March 1985) was a Soviet astronomer and astrophysicist. He is remembered for his work in theoretical astrophysics and other topics, as well as for his 1962 book on extraterrestrial life, the revised and expanded version of which was co-authored by American astronomer Carl Sagan in 1966 as Intelligent Life in the Universe.
He won the Lenin Prize in 1960 and the Bruce Medal in 1972. Asteroid 2849 Shklovskij and the crater Shklovsky (on the Martian moon Phobos) are named in his honor. He was a Corresponding Member of Soviet Academy of Sciences since 1966.
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