Lloyd Much Berkner
Lloyd Viel Berkner (born February 1, 1905 in Milwaukee , Wisconsin , † June 4, 1967 in Washington, DC ) was an American physicist and initiator of the International Geophysical Year .
Together with HW Wells, Berkner developed a new type of ion probe that is still used today as a standard device for measuring the density and height of the ionosphere .
In 1959 he became director of the Green Bank Observatory and approved Frank Drake's OZMA project, the world's first SETI program. The Antarctic Berkner Island and the submarine Berkner Bank to the northwest of it are named after Berkner , as well as a crater on the back of the moon .
In 1941 he became a Fellow of the American Physical Society . In 1948 he was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences . Since 1956 he was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society .
literature
- Lloyd V. Berkner: Science in space. McGraw-Hill, New York 1961
- Lloyd V. Berkner: Manual on rockets and satellites. Pergamon Press, London 1960
Web links
- Lloyd Berkner - The Array of Contemporary American Physicists
- Member Directory: Lloyd V. Berkner. National Academy of Sciences, accessed December 9, 2015 (Biographical Memoir by Anton L. Hales).
Individual evidence
- ^ National Radio Astronomy Observatory Archives - NRAO Timeline
- ^ NRAO Salutes Past, Looks to Future In 50th Anniversary Science Meeting
- ↑ Berkner, Lloyd V. (1905–1967) In: daviddarling.info
- ↑ Berkner Island and Berkner Bank in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
- ↑ Berkner crater In: lpi.usra.edu
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Berkner, Lloyd Much |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 1, 1905 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Milwaukee , Wisconsin |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th June 1967 |
| Place of death | Washington, DC |