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Professor

Owen Gingerich

(
1930
2023
)
Harvard University
;
Cambridge, MA
Astronomer; Historian; Educator
Area
Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Specialty
Astronomy, Astrophysics, and Earth Sciences
Elected
1976

Gingrich's early astrophysical research centered on the computation of model stellar atmospheres, including the first calculations for the solar atmosphere, taking into account rocket and satellite ultra-violet observations. Since 1971 his research concentrated on the history of astronomy, especially Copernicus, Tycho Brahe, and Kepler, although his historical investigations ranged from Ptolemy to modern astrophysics. A bibliophile and collector, he compiled an annotated census of 598 sixteenth-century copies of Copernicus' De Revolutionibus. In his later years, he was an active proponent of the science and religion dialogue.

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