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Planet Hunter Geoff Marcy to Give Annual John N. Bahcall Public Lecture Dec. 11
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Planet Hunter Geoff Marcy to Give Annual John N. Bahcall Public Lecture Dec. 11
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What is a News Nugget? News Nuggets are bulletins from the world of astronomy. Dr. Geoffrey Marcy, professor of astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley, will deliver the annual John N. Bahcall Public Lecture at 7:30 p.m. on Tues., Dec. 11, 2007 at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's Lockheed Martin IMAX Theater in Washington, D.C. Dr. Marcy will discuss conditions that would need to be present for life to exist on other planets in a talk titled "New Worlds, Yellowstone, and Life in the Universe." Guests attending this free lecture will learn how extreme forms of life found at Yellowstone National Park can teach of the harsh conditions in which life can exist on other planets. Read more: * The Full Story [ http://hubblesite.o…]
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What is a News Nugget? News Nuggets are bulletins from the world of astronomy. Dr. Geoffrey Marcy, professor of astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley, will deliver the annual John N. Bahcall Public Lecture at 7:30 p.m. on Tues., Dec. 11, 2007 at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's Lockheed Martin IMAX Theater in Washington, D.C. Dr. Marcy will discuss conditions that would need to be present for life to exist on other planets in a talk titled "New Worlds, Yellowstone, and Life in the Universe." Guests attending this free lecture will learn how extreme forms of life found at Yellowstone National Park can teach of the harsh conditions in which life can exist on other planets. Read more: * The Full Story [ http://hubblesite.o…] General Information
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*Credit:* Institute for Advanced Study, School of Natural Sciences, Princeton, New Jersey
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*Credit:* Institute for Advanced Study, School of Natural Sciences, Princeton, New Jersey
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*Image Type:*: Photograph
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*Release Date*:December 5, 2007 09:00 AM (EST)
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*Title*:Planet Hunter Geoff Marcy to Give Annual John N. Bahcall Public Lecture Dec. 11
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*Title*:Planet Hunter Geoff Marcy to Give Annual John N. Bahcall Public Lecture Dec. 11
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*News Release Number:*: STScI-2007-43b
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*News Release Number:*: STScI-2007-43b
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*Description*:
Professor John N. Bahcall championed the Hubble Space Telescope from its infancy to its ultimate scientific success. He was a tireless and enthusiastic advocate of the project for over three decades?before the scientific community, before NASA, and before Congress.
He was born in Shreveport, Louisiana in 1934, and received his A.B. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1956, his M.S. from the University of Chicago in 1957, and his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1961. Dr. Bahall was appointed to the faculty of the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS), Princeton, New Jersey in 1971 and served as the Richard Black Professor of Astrophysics at the IAS until his death in 2005.
Professor Bahcall was active in many areas of science policy relating to astronomy and physics, chairing numerous committees of the National Academy of Science, the U.S. National Committee of the International Astronomical Union and the National Underground Science Laboratory Committee, and advising or serving on Congressional committees.
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*Description*:
Professor John N. Bahcall championed the Hubble Space Telescope from its infancy to its ultimate scientific success. He was a tireless and enthusiastic advocate of the project for over three decades?before the scientific community, before NASA, and before Congress.
He was born in Shreveport, Louisiana in 1934, and received his A.B. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1956, his M.S. from the University of Chicago in 1957, and his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1961. Dr. Bahall was appointed to the faculty of the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS), Princeton, New Jersey in 1971 and served as the Richard Black Professor of Astrophysics at the IAS until his death in 2005.
Professor Bahcall was active in many areas of science policy relating to astronomy and physics, chairing numerous committees of the National Academy of Science, the U.S. National Committee of the International Astronomical Union and the National Underground Science Laboratory Committee, and advising or serving on Congressional committees.
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