Silk, Joseph (Ivor)
SILK, Joseph (Ivor)
SILK, Joseph (Ivor). British, b. 1942. Genres: Astronomy. Career: Professor of Astronomy, University of California, Berkeley, since 1970. Publications: The Big Bang, 1980, 1988; (with I. Appenzeller and J. Lequeux) Star Formation, 1980; (with J. Barrow) The Left Hand of Creation, 1983, revised, 1994; Cosmic Enigmas, 1994; A Short History of the Universe, 1994. Address: Dept. of Astronomy, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, U.S.A.
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