Edward Anders

Edward Anders
Born
Edward Alperovitch

(1926-06-21) June 21, 1926 (age 98)
Liepāja, Latvia
NationalityAmerican
Alma materPh.D., Columbia University, 1954
Known for
SpouseJoan F. Anders
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsCosmochemistry
Institutions

Edward Anders (born June 21, 1926) is a Latvian-born American chemist and emeritus professor of chemistry at the University of Chicago. His major areas of research have included the origin and ages of meteorites, the existence of presolar grains in meteorites, the solar-system abundance of chemical elements, and mass extinctions in earth history.[2] In the 1970s, he was one of the 142 principal investigators who studied lunar samples brought back to Earth by the Apollo program.[3] After retiring from scientific research in 1991, he became a prominent researcher, speaker and writer on issues related to the Holocaust in Latvia.

  1. ^ "NASA Historical Data Book". history.nasa.gov.
  2. ^ Marvin, Ursula B. (2001). "Oral Histories in Meteoritics and Planetary Sciences: Edward Anders". Meteoritics & Planetary Science. 36 (2): A225–A267. Bibcode:2001M&PSA..36..255M.
  3. ^ Compton, David W. (1989). "Where No Man Has Gone Before: A History of Apollo Lunar Exploration Missions". NASA Special Publication 1214, Chapter 11, Section 4, "The First Lunar Science Conference.".