Andrew JS Hamilton

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Andrew JS Hamilton (* 1951 or 1952 in Dorset ) is a British theoretical astrophysicist .

Hamilton received a bachelor's degree in mathematics from St. Catherine's College, Oxford University, and a PhD in astronomy from the University of Virginia . He is a professor at the University of Colorado Boulder in Boulder , where he has worked since 1986.

He is known for computer simulations (with his Black Hole Flight Simulator ) about the interior and the environment of black holes on the basis of general relativity and with the most modern graphics software ( OpenGL ) using supercomputers .

His film Black Holes, the other side of infinity (duration: 23 minutes), produced with support from the National Science Foundation , NASA , the television station PBS (NOVA series) and the National Center for Supercomputing Applications , was shown at the Denver Museum of Nature in 2006 and Science. A corresponding contribution to the visualization also appeared in the PBS / NOVA episode about the supermassive black hole in the Milky Way ( Monster of the Milky Way ). He also appeared in the PBS series himself.

He also deals with the analysis of large amounts of observational data in cosmology , for example from galaxy surveys to extract cosmological parameters.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ According to the New York Times of February 28, 2006, age 54
  2. ↑ Andrew Hamilton - the man who hangs out in black holes , 2012 ( Memento of the original from October 1, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Description of his work on visualizing black holes at the University of Colorado @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.colorado.edu
  3. ^ IMDB , in The Universe 2007 series on History Channel
  4. ↑ Inside Black Holes , Hamilton website
  5. ↑ Kirk Johnson A thrill ride to the other side of infinity , New York Times February 28, 2006
personal data
SURNAME Hamilton, Andrew JS
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British theoretical astrophysicist
DATE OF BIRTH 1951 or 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Dorset