Begelman, Mitchell (Craig)

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BEGELMAN, Mitchell (Craig)

BEGELMAN, Mitchell (Craig). American, b. 1953. Genres: Astronomy. Career: University of Colorado at Boulder, assistant professor, 1982-87, associate professor, 1987-91, professor of astrophysical, planetary, and atmospheric sciences, 1991-, department head, 1995-98, member of Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics, 1982-84, fellow, 1984-, member of Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy, 1986-. Cambridge University, fellow of Institute of Astronomy, 1978-79, 1981-82; University of California, Berkeley, postgraduate research astronomer, 1979-82; N. Copernicus Astronomical Center, Warsaw, Poland, visiting scientist, 1980. Publications: (with M. Rees) Gravity's Fatal Attraction: Black Holes in the Universe, 1996; Turn Right at Orion: Travels through the Cosmos, 2000. Contributor to books and scientific journals and popular magazines. Address: Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics, University of Colorado at Boulder, Campus Box 440, Boulder, CO 80309, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]

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