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Don L. Anderson | |
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| Born | March 5, 1933 |
| Died | December 2, 2014 (aged 81) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, California Institute of Technology |
| Known for | Plate Tectonics, Seismology, Geochemistry, Scientific Poetry |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Seismology, Geophysics, Geology, Geochemistry |
| Institutions | California Institute of Technology, Caltech Seismological Laboratory |
| Doctoral advisor | Frank Press[1] |
| Doctoral students | Thomas H. Jordan[2] |
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Anderson's expertise in numerous scientific disciplines has been recognized with gold medals from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Geological Society of America, the Royal Astronomical Society, and the highest science medals from the American Geophysical Union and the President of the United States. | |
Don Lynn Anderson (March 5, 1933 – December 2, 2014) was an American geophysicist who made significant contributions to the understanding of the origin, evolution, structure, and composition of Earth and other planets. An expert in numerous scientific disciplines, Anderson's work combined seismology, solid state physics, geochemistry and petrology to explain how the Earth works. Anderson was best known for his contributions to the understanding of the Earth's deep interior, and more recently[when?], for the plate theory hypothesis that hotspots are the product of plate tectonics rather than narrow plumes emanating from the deep Earth. Anderson was Professor (Emeritus) of Geophysics in the Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). He received numerous awards from geophysical, geological and astronomical societies.[3] In 1998 he was awarded the Crafoord Prize by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences along with Adam Dziewonski.[4] Later that year, Anderson received the National Medal of Science. He held honorary doctorates from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (where he did his undergraduate work in geology and geophysics) and the University of Paris (Sorbonne), and served on numerous university advisory committees, including those at Harvard, Princeton, Yale, University of Chicago, Stanford, University of Paris, Purdue University, and Rice University. Anderson's wide-ranging research resulted in hundreds of published papers in the fields of planetary science, seismology, mineral physics, petrology, geochemistry, tectonics and the philosophy of science.
- ^ Anderson, Don L. (1962). Surface wave dispersion in layered anisotropic media (phd). California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/ADTM-DX51.
- ^ "Browse by Advisor - CaltechTHESIS".
- ^ Gates, Alexander (October 2019). "Anderson, Don L.". A to Z of Earth Scientists, Updated Edition. Infobase Holdings. pp. 8–9. ISBN 9781438183282.
- ^ "The Crafoord Prize 1998". Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 18 April 2011.