Jaan Einasto | |
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 Jaan Einasto with his Marcel Grossmann Award, 2009 | |
| Born | Jaan Eisenschmidt 23 February 1929 |
| Alma mater | University of Tartu (Ph.D., 1955) |
| Known for | Pioneer in the branch of astronomy known as near-field cosmology[2] |
| Awards | Estonia National Science Award (1982, 1998, 2003, 2007) Marcel Grossmann Award (2009) Ambartsumian International Prize (2012) Gruber Prize in Cosmology[1] (2014) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Cosmology |
Jaan Einasto (born 23 February 1929) is an Estonian astrophysicist and one of the discoverers of the large-scale structure of the Universe.[3]
- ^ Tamme, Virge (2014-06-11). "Jaan Einasto received the Gruber Foundation Cosmology Prize". ut.ee. University of Tartu. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
- ^ "Jaan Einasto". Physics Today. 23 Feb 2017. doi:10.1063/PT.5.031422.
- ^ "Jaan Einasto". Physics Today. 2017. doi:10.1063/PT.5.031422.