Martin Harwit

Martin Harwit
Born
Martin Otto Harwit

(1931-03-09) 9 March 1931 (age 93)
Prague, Czechoslovakia
Alma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology
University of Michigan
Oberlin College
AwardsBruce Medal (2007)
Scientific career
ThesisMeasurement of Fluctuations in Radiation from a Source in Thermal Equilibrium (1960)
Doctoral advisorWilliam Allis

Martin Otto Harwit (born 9 March 1931) is a Czech-American astronomer and author known for his scientific work on infrared astronomy as a professor at Cornell University. He was later director of the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. from 1987 to 1995. [1]

  1. ^ Mather, John C.; Boslough, John (2008) [1996]. The Very First Light: The True Inside Story of the Scientific Journey Back to the Dawn of the Universe (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Basic Books. p. 112. ISBN 978-0-465-00529-1.