Fritz Zwicky Scientist

Fritz Zwicky (February 14, 1898 – February 8, 1974) was a Swiss astronomer. He worked most of his life at the California Institute of Technology in the United States of America, where he made many important contributions in theoretical and observational astronomy.

Personal facts

Fritz Zwicky
Birth dateFebruary 14, 1898
Birth place
Bulgaria , Varna , Principality of Bulgaria
Citizenship
Switzerland
Date of deathFebruary 08, 1974
Place of death
California , Pasadena California , United States
Residence
United States
Education
ETH Zurich
Known for
Dark matter
Galaxy
Neutron star
Supernova

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Scientist

awards
Presidential Medal of Freedom
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
doctoral advisor
Field of study
Astronomy

Fritz Zwicky on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://discovermagazine.com/2009/jan/30-the-father-of-dark-matter-still-gets-no-respect
  2. http://www.amazon.com/Discovery-invention-research-morphological-approach/dp/B0006BYL8U/ref=sr_1_5/103-8097003-4392634?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1184050104&sr=1-5
  3. http://www.amazon.com/Morphological-astronomy-F-Zwicky/dp/B0006AVA3K/ref=sr_1_10/103-8097003-4392634?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1184050104&sr=1-10
  4. http://www.amazon.com/Report-certain-phases-research-Germany/dp/B0007FJ1YY/ref=sr_1_13/103-8097003-4392634?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1184050104&sr=1-13
  5. http://www.amg.swemorph.com/pdf/amg-1-3-2012.pdf
  6. http://www.dynamical-systems.org/zwicky/Zwicky-e.html
  7. http://www.learner.org/courses/physics/unit/text.html?unit=10&secNum=2
  8. http://www.pnas.org/cgi/reprint/15/10/773.pdf
  9. http://www.pnas.org/content/12/2.toc
  10. http://www.slac.stanford.edu/pubs/beamline/31/1/31-1-maurer.pdf