(left to right): Geoffrey Ronald Burbridge (b. 1925) and Stirling Colgate (b. 1925)

ID: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-0068]

Creator: Action, David B

Form/Genre: Black-and-white photographs

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Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-0068

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Summary

Geoffrey Ronald Burbridge (b. 1925) is a British astrophysicist who has spent much of his career in the United States; from 1962-1978, he was physics professor at University of California-San Diego, and in 1982, Director of Kitt Peak Observatory. Stirling Colgate (b. 1925) is also an astrophysicist, working at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Photograph was published in Science News, March 2, 1968, pp. 205-206.

Subject

  • Burbidge, Geoffrey R
  • Colgate, Stirling b. 1925
  • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
  • Kitt Peak National Observatory
  • University of California, San Diego

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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-0068

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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

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Topic

  • Astronomy
  • Physics
  • Nuclear physics

Form/Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Local number

SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-0068]

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