Iosif Shklovsky
Iosif Shklovsky · Science & Medicine
Astrophysicist; synchrotron radiation from cosmic sources
1916, Hlukhiv, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) — 1985, Moscow, USSR
Soviet Union
Iosif Shklovsky is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Astrophysicist; synchrotron radiation from cosmic sources
Iosif Shklovsky was a Soviet astrophysicist who showed that much of the radiation from cosmic sources — such as the Crab Nebula — is synchrotron radiation from relativistic electrons, and who did foundational work on radio astronomy and the search for extraterrestrial life. He was Jewish, born in Ukraine, and led a major astrophysics department in Moscow.
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Astrophysicist; synchrotron radiation from cosmic sources
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Physics
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