Fritz Zwicky
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Fritz Zwicky was a Swiss astronomer and physicist best known for pioneering work on dark matter, supernovae, and galaxy clusters, profoundly shaping modern astrophysics.
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astronomer
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astrophysicist ⓘ human ⓘ physicist ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
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Janssen Medal ⓘ Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society ⓘ
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Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
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| coAuthor | Walter Baade ⓘ |
| coinedTerm | supernova ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Bulgaria ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Switzerland ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1898-02-14 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1974-02-08 ⓘ |
| developed | morphological analysis method ⓘ |
| discovered | evidence for missing mass in the Coma cluster ⓘ |
| doctoralThesisTopic | ionic crystals ⓘ |
| educatedAt | ETH Zurich ⓘ |
| employer | California Institute of Technology ⓘ |
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Fritz Zwicky
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astronomy
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astrophysics ⓘ physics ⓘ |
| givenName | Fritz ⓘ |
| hasAcademicAdvisor | Peter Debye ⓘ |
| hasWikipediaPage | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Zwicky ⓘ |
| influenced |
dark matter research
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modern cosmology ⓘ |
| knownFor |
coining the term supernova
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morphological method in science ⓘ pioneering evidence for dark matter ⓘ proposing neutron stars ⓘ work on galaxy clusters ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
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German ⓘ |
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American Astronomical Society
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Swiss Academy of Sciences ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Zwicky catalog of galaxies
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dark matter in galaxy clusters ⓘ morphological analysis ⓘ neutron star hypothesis ⓘ theory of supernovae ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Varna ⓘ |
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Pasadena
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| proposed |
existence of neutron stars
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gravitational lensing by galaxies ⓘ |
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Switzerland
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United States of America ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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Pasadena
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