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The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details

Lyman Spitzer, Jr

Title:

Professor of Astronomy

Affiliation:

Princeton University

Princeton,New Jersey  USA

Gender:

Male

Year Deceased:

1997

Award Discipline:

Physical Sciences

Award Year:

1979

Citation:

"For important contributions to the theory of star formation and evolving stellar systems and plasma physics, including use of fusion as a source of energy."

Presented by President Carter at a White House Ceremony on January 14, 1980.

 

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