Enrique Gaviola

Ramón Enrique Gaviola
Born (1900-08-31)31 August 1900
Mendoza, Argentina
Died 7 August 1989(1989-08-07) (aged 88)
Mendoza, Argentina
Fields Astronomy
Alma mater National University of La Plata

Ramón Enrique Gaviola (31 August 1900 – 7 August 1989)). Born and died in Mendoza, Argentina was an Argentine astrophysicist of worldwide renown.[1] Student of Richard Gans at the Universidad de La Plata went in 1922 to Germany where he continued his studies in physics. He studied with Max Planck, Max Born and Albert Einstein, graduating from the University of Berlin in 1926.

Asteroid 2504 Gaviola is named after him.

References

  1. Bernaoa, Omar; Grunfeld, Veronica; Falicov, L. M. (November 1990). "Enrique Gaviola". Physics Today 43 (11): 105–106. Bibcode:1990PhT....43k.105B. doi:10.1063/1.2810773.
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