Edward van den Heuvel

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The Amazing Unity of the Universe (eBook, PDF)

And Its Origin in the Big Bang

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The Amazing Unity of the Universe (eBook, PDF)

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Edward van den Heuvel received his Ph.D.in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences at the University of Utrecht in 1968. He worked at the University of California, Santa Cruz from 1968 to 1969, at the University of Utrecht from 1969 to 1974, and at the University of Brussels from 1970 to 1980. Since 1974 he has been Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Amsterdam and until 2005, Director of the Astronomical Institute there. He has been awarded the Physica Prize (the highest prize of the Netherlands Physical Society NNV), the Spinoza Prize (the highest science prize of the Netherlands) and the Descartes Prize (the highest science prize of the European Commission). Professor van den Heuvel was a Board Member and Chair of the Netherlands Space Research Organization, Chair of the Netherlands Foundation for Research in Astronomy, a Board Member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences, and the Founding Chair of the Netherlands Research School for Astronomy. Professor van den Heuvel's fields of expertise include stellar evolution, the physics of neutron stars and black holes, X-ray astronomy and radio pulsars.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer International Publishing
• Originaltitel: Oerknal: Oorsprong van de eenheid van het heelal
• Seitenzahl: 315
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Juli 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783319235431
• Artikelnr.: 46938842