Adam Dziewonski

Adam Dziewonski
Adam Dziewoński, Schlosshotel Linderhof
Born
Adam Marian Dziewoński

(1936-11-15)November 15, 1936
Lwów, Poland[1]
DiedMarch 1, 2016(2016-03-01) (aged 79)
Alma materInstitute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences
AwardsCrafoord Prize (1998)
William Bowie Medal (2002)
Scientific career
FieldsSeismology
InstitutionsHarvard University
Doctoral studentsMiaki Ishii

Adam Marian Dziewoński (November 15, 1936 – March 1, 2016) was a Polish-American geophysicist who made seminal contributions to the determination of the large-scale structure of the Earth's interior and the nature of earthquakes using seismological methods. He spent most of his career at Harvard University, where he was the Frank B. Baird, Jr. Professor of Science.

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