Jesse Greenstein
Jesse Greenstein · Science & Medicine
Astronomer; quasars and white dwarf stars
1909, New York City, USA — 2002, Duarte, California, USA
United States · California Institute of Technology
Jesse Greenstein is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Astronomer; quasars and white dwarf stars
Jesse Greenstein was an American astronomer who spent his career at Caltech, where he built one of the world's leading astronomy programs and helped identify the nature of quasars and studied the spectra of white dwarf stars. With Maarten Schmidt he confirmed the enormous distances and energies of quasars. He was Jewish.
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Astronomer; quasars and white dwarf stars
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Physics
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