Michael W. Friedlander

Michael Wulf Friedlander
Born(1928-11-15)November 15, 1928
DiedApril 29, 2021(2021-04-29) (aged 92)
St. Louis, Missouri, United States[1]
Alma materUniversity of Cape Town (MSc)
University of Bristol (PhD)
Known forCosmic rays and related infrared and gamma ray astronomy
SpouseJessica Friedlander
Children2
Scientific career
FieldsAstronomy
Institutions

Michael Wulf Friedlander (November 15, 1928 – April 29, 2021)[1][2] was a South African-born[1][2] American physicist and skeptic. Friedlander was professor emeritus of physics at Washington University in St. Louis. His research involved the study of cosmic rays and gamma ray astronomy.[3] He is the author of the book At The Fringes Of Science (1998), a scholarly study of fringe science. The book is notable for its criticism of the ideas of Immanuel Velikovsky.[4][5]

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