D. W. Sciama (1926–1999)
Author of Modern Cosmology
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Works by D. W. Sciama
Cosmologie a confronto 2 copies
Inertia 1 copy
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- Canonical name
- Sciama, D. W.
- Legal name
- Sciama, Dennis William Siahou
- Other names
- Sciama, Dennis W.
- Birthdate
- 1926-11-18
- Date of death
- 1999-12-18
- Gender
- male
- Education
- Trinity College, Cambridge (BA|1947|Ph.D|1953)
- Occupations
- physicist
cosmologist
professor - Organizations
- University of Oxford
University of Cambridge
International School for Advanced Studies
International Society of General Relativity and Gravitation (president)
British Army - Awards and honors
- Royal Society (Fellow, 1983)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1982)
American Philosophical Society (International Member, 1980)
Accademia dei Lincei (1984)
Faraday Medal (1991)
Guthrie Medal and Prize (1991) (show all 7)
James Scott Prize Lectureship (1974-1979) - Relationships
- Barrow, John D. (student)
Ellis, George F. R. (doctoral student)
Hawking, Stephen (doctoral student)
Sciama, Lidia (wife) - Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Manchester, England, UK
- Places of residence
- Austin, Texas, USA
Trieste, Italy
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK - Place of death
- Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
- Burial location
- Wolvercote Cemetery, Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK
- Associated Place (for map)
- UK
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- Works
- 9
- Also by
- 2
- Members
- 146
- Popularity
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- Rating
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- Reviews
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- ISBNs
- 13
- Languages
- 2