Irwin I. Shapiro
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For the American writer and translator, see Irwin Shapiro (writer).
Irwin Ira Shapiro is an American astrophysicist and Timken University Professor at Harvard University. He has been a professor at Harvard since 1982.[2] He was the director of the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian from 1982 to 2004.[3][4]
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Born | Irwin Ira Shapiro[1] |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Cornell University Harvard University |
Known for | Shapiro time delay |
Awards | Albert A. Michelson Medal (1975) Dannie Heineman Prize (1983) Brouwer Award (1987) Charles A. Whitten Medal (1991) William Bowie Medal (1993) Albert Einstein Medal (1994) Gerard P. Kuiper Prize (1997) Einstein Prize (2013) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Astrophysics |
Thesis | Methods of Approximation for High Energy Nuclear Scattering (1955) |
Notable students | Thomas A. Herring Steven J. Ostro Alyssa A. Goodman |
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