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George Backus
Author of Foundations of Geomagnetism
Works by George Backus
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Backus, George
- Legal name
- Backus, George Edward
- Birthdate
- 1930-05-24
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Places of residence
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Education
- University of Chicago
- Occupations
- geophysicist
- Organizations
- Princeton University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
University of California, San Diego
American Geophysical Union
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (show all 9)
National Academy of Sciences
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
French Academy of Sciences - Awards and honors
- Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1986)
John Adam Fleming Medal (1986)
Members
Statistics
- Works
- 1
- Members
- 3
- Popularity
- #1,791,150
- ISBNs
- 2