Alexander Dessler
Alexander Dessler · Science & Medicine
Space physicist known for research on magnetospheric and space plasma physics
1928, United States — 2023, Bryan, Texas, USA
United States
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Alexander J. Dessler was an American space physicist and founding chair of the Department of Space Science at Rice University, a pioneer of magnetospheric and planetary-magnetosphere physics who coined the term 'heliosphere'. He also directed NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center Space Science Laboratory. He was Jewish.
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Space physicist known for research on magnetospheric and space plasma physics
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