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Patrick Moore
Sign in to saveAlso known as Sir Patrick Alfred Caldwell-Moore, Patrick Alfred Caldwell-Moore, P. Moore, R. T. Fishall
English astronomer, broadcaster and writer (1923–2012)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 4 March 1923
- Died
- 9 December 2012
- Works
- 580
Top works
- Northern lights
- High adventure
- The amateur astronomer's glossary
- Book Of Planets
- Suns, Myths and Men
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1952-04-04
- Active to
- 2011-02-06
bluesblues rockelectric blueshard rockheavy metalrock
Discography
- Back on the Streets1978
- G-Force1980
- Corridors of Power1982
- Victims of the Future1983
- Dirty Fingers1984
- Run for Cover1985
- Wild Frontier1987
- After the War1988
- Still Got the Blues1990
- After Hours1992
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 473
- Total plays
- 2,024
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews
· 2021 · cited 77,587x
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 34,734x
- The ERA5 global reanalysis
· 2020 · cited 22,805x
- Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2
· 2019 · cited 20,048x
- Introducing mothur: Open-Source, Platform-Independent, Community-Supported Software for Describing and Comparing Microbial Communities
· 2009 · cited 18,819x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “William Herschel was the first man to give a reasonably correct picture of the shape of our star-system or galaxy; he was the best telescope-maker of his time, and possibly the greatest observer who ever lived.”
- “Nuclear power plants are, next to nuclear warheads themselves, the most dangerous devices that man has ever created.”
- “I may be accused of being a dinosaur, but I would remind you that dinosaurs ruled the Earth for a very long time.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Key facts
- Born
- Patrick Alfred Caldwell-Moore , ( 1923-03-04 ) 4 March 1923 , Pinner , Middlesex, England
- Died
- 9 December 2012 (2012-12-09) (aged 89), Selsey , West Sussex, England
- Resting place
- Chichester , West Sussex, England
- Known for
- The Sky at Night
- Awards
- Knight Bachelor Commander of the Order of the British Empire Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Fields
- Astronomy
- Institutions
- Royal Air Force BBC British Astronomical Association
- Allegiance
- United Kingdom
- Branch
- Royal Air Force
- Service years
- 1940–45
- Rank
- Pilot officer
- Conflicts
- Second World War
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official website
- sirpatrickmoore.com
- Image
- Sir Patrick Moore at the opening of the South Downs Planetarium.jpg
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- Commons category
- Patrick Moore
- date of birth
- 1923-01-01
- name in native language
- Alfred Patrick Caldwell-Moore
- date of death
- 2012-12-09
- pseudonym
- R. T. Fishall
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