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[edit] Elizabeth
Hi, I'm an obscure Wikipedian. I don't intend to take on any major article-writing, I really just joined because grammatical errors bug me, and I love making minor edits, especially when it comes to adding or fixing links. Curious? Talk to me.
[edit] Interests, or What I Might Write About
- Princeton, NJ
- Charter Schools
- Mathematics
- Harvard University (undergrads)
- Fiction books, especially fantasy
Currently it says:
[edit] James E. Gunn
- For the science fiction writer, see James Gunn (author).
James E. Gunn (born 1938) is the Eugene Higgins Professor of Astronomy at Princeton University.
Gunn's early theoretical work helped establish the current understanding of how galaxies form and properties of the space between galaxies. He also suggested important observational tests to confirm the presence of dark matter in galaxies. Much of Gunn's later work has involved leadership in major observational projects. He developed plans for one of the first uses of digital camera technology for space observation, a project that led to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, the most extensive three-dimensional mapping of the universe ever undertaken.
Gunn received his Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology in 1966 and joined the faculty of Princeton University two years later.
[edit] Honors
- Heineman Prize (1988)
- Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1994)
- Crafoord Prize with James Peebles and Martin Rees (2005)
- Henry Norris Russell Lectureship of the American Astronomical Society (2005)
Next I think it could say (note, I think Livingstone is actually Livingston):
[edit] James E. Gunn
- For the science fiction writer, see James Gunn (author).
James E. Gunn, born October 21, 1938, in Livingston, Texas, is the Eugene Higgins Professor of Astronomy at Princeton University.
[edit] Professional Life
[edit] Education
Gunn received his B. A. in Physics and Mathematics at Rice University in 1961, and his Ph.D. in Astronomy and Physics at the California Institute of Technology in 1966.
[edit] Career
- 1966 to 1968: Senior Space Scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory during his military service in the United States Army Corps of Engineers.
- Summer 1968: visiting professor at UC Berkeley.
- 1968-1969: assistant professor at Princeton University.
- 1970-1972: assistant professor at Caltech.
- Summer 1971: visiting professor at the University of Washington in Seattle.
- 1972-1980: professor at Caltech.
- Spring 1976: George Ellery Hale Visiting Professor at the University of Chicago.
- 1977-1991: Deputy Principal Investigator for the Hubble Space Telescope using the Wide Field and Planetary Camera.
- 1980: adopted his current position of Eugene Higgins Professor of Astronomy at Princeton.
Gunn's early theoretical work helped establish the current understanding of how galaxies form and properties of the space between galaxies. He also suggested important observational tests to confirm the presence of dark matter in galaxies. Much of Gunn's later work has involved leadership in major observational projects. He developed plans for one of the first uses of digital camera technology for space observation, a project that led to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, the most extensive three-dimensional mapping of the universe ever undertaken.
Gunn received his Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology in 1966 and joined the faculty of Princeton University two years later.
