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John Norris Bahcall (December 30, 1934 – August 17, 2005) was an American astrophysicist and the Richard Black Professor for Astrophysics at the Institute for Advanced Study.
“John Bahcall was one of the founding fathers of the Hubble Space Telescope. Without his tireless advocacy for the mission in the 1970’s, Hubble likely would not have come into being. His passion for Hubble science continued unabated for more than three decades.”
Oct 31, 2005 · Future of the Hubble Space Telescope. Gallery of Solar Neutrino Researchers. This figure is adapted from Figure 2 of Bahcall, Serenelli, and Basu, ApJ, 621, L85 (2005). Black and white or color versions of this figure can be downloaded by clicking on the menu items below. Black and White Energy Spectrum Color Energy Spectrum.
John Norris Bahcall was Richard Black Professor of Astrophysics in the School of Natural Sciences from 1971 until his death in 2005. Bahcall had a long and prolific career in astronomy and astrophysics, spanning five decades, and the publication of more than five hundred technical papers, books, and popular articles.
Curriculum Vitae: John N. Bahcall. Born: 12/30/34, Shreveport, Louisiana A.B., M.S., Ph.D. (physics), U.C. Berkeley 56, U. of Chicago 57, Harvard 61 Married: Neta Assaf Bahcall (9/21/66); Children: Safi, Dan, Orli Positions: Indiana University, Research Fellow in Physics, 1960-1962 CalTech, Res. Fellow, Asst. Prof., Assoc. Prof. of Physics ...
John BahCall, the riChard BlaCk professor of astrophysics at the institute for advanced study, was one of the towering figures of 20th-century astrophysics. his original career goal was to become a rabbi,1 but he took his first science course late in his undergraduate career, fell in love with physics, and never looked back. his major achievemen...
Aug 31, 2005 · Astrophysicist John Bahcall would often introduce himself and a colleague to a new acquaintance with the sentence: “I know all about neutrinos, and my friend here knows about everything else in...
John Norris Bahcall, Richard Black Professor of Astrophysics in the School of Natural Sciences at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, N.J., recipient of the National Medal of Science, president of the American Astronomical Society, President-Elect of the American Physical Society, and a prominent leader of the astrophysics community ...
Bahcall earned his A.B. in physics from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1956, an M.S. in physics from the University of Chicago in 1957, and a Ph.D. in physics from Harvard University in 1961.
Aug 19, 2005 · John N. Bahcall, an astrophysicist who helped prove what makes the sun shine and worked behind the scenes in Washington for more than three decades to help ensure the construction and survival of...
