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Encyclopedia > Iosif Samuilovich Shklovskii

Iosif Samuilovich Shklovsky (Ио́сиф Самуи́лович Шкло́вский) (July 1, 1916March 3, 1985) was a Russian astronomer and astrophysicist. His last name is sometimes given as Shklovskii or Shklovskij, and his first name is sometimes given as Josif or Josef.


He specialized in theoretical astrophysics and radio astronomy, as well as the Sun's corona, supernovas, and cosmic rays and their origins.


He won the Lenin Prize in 1960.


He was a Corresponding Member of Soviet Academy of Sciences beginning in 1966.


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Nikolai Kardashev - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (200 words)
He studied under Shklovskii and finished his PhD in 1962.
Other notable experts in the USSR were Vsevolod Troitskii and Iosif Samuilovich Shklovskii (Kardashev's former professor).
Kardashev became a corresponding (associate) member of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Division of General Physics and Astronomy on December 12, 1976.
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