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Donald Lynden-Bell CBE FRS (5 April 1935 – 6 February 2018) was a British theoretical astrophysicist. He was the first to determine that galaxies contain supermassive black holes at their centres, and that such black holes power quasars.
28 de feb. de 2018 · Donald Lynden-Bell was a towering, stimulating, analytical theorist of the sort that is increasingly rare in these days of high-performance computers.
22 de jul. de 2020 · Donald Lynden-Bell's many contributions to astrophysics encompass general relativity, galactic dynamics, telescope design and observational astronomy. In the 1960s, his papers on stellar dynamics l...
14 de feb. de 2018 · Feb. 14, 2018. Donald Lynden-Bell, a British theoretical astrophysicist who pioneered research into cosmic quirks like quasars and black holes and with colleagues contradicted the prevailing...
16 de mar. de 2018 · Donald Lynden-Bell. Image courtesy of Amanda Smith and the Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge. Open in viewer. Donald’s doctoral supervisor was Leon Mestel, a world expert on cosmic magnetism.
22 de jul. de 2020 · The depth and versatility of his contributions mark Donald out as one of the most influential and pre-eminent astronomers of his day. Donald Lynden-Bell's many contributions to astrophysics encompass general relativity, galactic dynamics, telescope design and observational astronomy.
Donald Lynden-Bell (1935-2018) studied astronomy at the University of Cambridge in the UK, to which, after periods at the California Institute of Technology and the Royal Greenwich Observatory, he returned in 1972 to become Professor of Astrophysics and the first Director of the Institute of Astronomy.
