Arnold Hanslmeier
Arnold Hanslmeier (born February 10, 1959 in Feldbach ) is an Austrian astronomer .
Life
Hanslmeier graduated from the Jennersdorf high school in 1977 . He received his doctorate in 1983 from the University of Graz and in 1984 worked as a postdoc at the Bureau des Longitudes in Paris. In 1992 he completed his habilitation in Graz and was then appointed professor of astrophysics at the University of Graz, where he has been giving the basic lectures in astronomy since the 1990s. From 1994 to 2000 he was head of the Institute for Astronomy, which then merged into the Institute for Geophysics, Astrophysics and Meteorology. His research areas are primarily celestial mechanics , space weather and solar physics , in which the Kanzelhöhe solar observatory, which belongs to the University of Graz, specializes.
Hanslmeier is a member of the Astronomy Commission of the Austrian Academy of Sciences .
In addition to his academic work, he is involved in adult education as a lecturer and board member of the Austrian Urania for Styria , of which he was president from 2011 to 2015.
Hanslmeier became known in larger circles for his textbooks published by Springer-Verlag.
Works (selection)
- Water in the Universe. Springer, Dordrecht 2011, ISBN 978-94-007-3356-5 .
- Habitability and cosmic catastrophes. Springer, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-540-76944-6 .
- The sun and space weather. Springer, Dordrecht 2007, ISBN 978-1-4020-5603-1 .
- Introduction to astronomy and astrophysics , Springer Spektrum-Verlag, 3rd edition 2014, ISBN 978-3-642-37699-3
- Fascination Astronomy , Springer Spektrum-Verlag, 2nd edition 2016.
Web links
- Personal homepage at the University of Graz
- Hanslmeier, Arnold in the Astrophysics Data System
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Gerhard Klare (Ed.): Astronomical Society - Portrait Gallery. Astronomical Society, Hamburg 1996, p. 36
- ↑ Univ.-Prof. Dr phil Arnold Hanslmeier uni-graz.at, accessed on June 17, 2016
- ^ Commission for Astronomy of the OeAW oeaw.ac.at, accessed on June 22, 2016
- ↑ Hannes Galter et al. (Ed.): The Urania in Graz - 100 years of education and culture . Leykam, Graz 2019, ISBN 978-3-7011-8110-0 , pp. 402-407 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hanslmeier, Arnold |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian astronomer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 10, 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Feldbach |