Victor Clube
Stace Victor Murray Clube (born October 22, 1934 in London ) is an English astrophysicist and astronomer .
Clube, who in his youth attended St John's School at Leatherhead and Christ Church College at the University of Oxford , was Dean of the Astrophysical Faculty of his alma mater and worked at the observatories in Edinburgh, Armagh and Cape Town.
He owes his fame mainly to his work on the theory of "coherent catastrophism", which he put forward together with Bill Napier and other colleagues. He is also an expert on comets and cosmology . Clube is also the author of numerous academic and popular science books and an excellent cricket player.
The asteroid (6523) Clube was named after him.
bibliography
- The Cosmic Serpent , with Bill Napier, Faber and Faber, 1982, ISBN 978-0-571-11816-8
- The Cosmic Winter , with Bill Napier, Blackwell Publishers, 1990, ISBN 978-0-631-16953-6
- The Origin of Comets (SVM Clube, WM Napier, ME Bailey), Pergamon Press, 1990, ISBN 0-08-034858-0
source
- Lutz D. Schmadel : Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . 5th ed. Springer, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-540-00238-3 (English) [ preview on Google Book Search ]
Individual evidence
- ^ Asher, DJ, SVM Clube, WN Napier and DI Steel (1994). Coherent Catastrophism. Vistas in Astronomy , 38 (1), 1-27; bibcode : 1994VA ..... 38 .... 1A ; for popular scientific presentations of this theory, see: Mike Davis , "Cosmic Dancers on History's Stage?" in Dead Cities: And Other Tales (2002), 307-59; and online: Philip R. Burns, " Clube and Napier: Coherent Catastrophism " ( German translation ), both accessed: June 8, 2013.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Clube, Victor |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Clube, Stace Victor Murray |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English astronomer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 22, 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |