Simon White
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Simon David Manton White (born 30 September 1951), FRS, is a British-German astrophysicist. He was one of directors at the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics before his retirement in late 2019.[2]
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Simon David Manton White | |
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Born | (1951-09-30) 30 September 1951 (age 72) |
Alma mater | Jesus College, Cambridge University of Toronto |
Known for | Cosmological structure formation |
Spouse | Guinevere Kauffmann |
Awards | Helen B. Warner Prize (1986) Heineman Prize (2005) Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (2006) Brouwer Award (2008) Max Born Prize (2010) Shaw Prize (2017) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Astrophysics and cosmology |
Institutions | University of California, Berkeley University of Arizona University of Cambridge Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics |
Thesis | The Clustering of Galaxies[1] (1977) |
Doctoral advisor | Donald Lynden-Bell |
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