Wolfgang priest
Wolfgang Priester (born April 22, 1924 in Detmold ; † July 9, 2005 in Bonn ) was a German astrophysicist .
From 1946 , Priester studied astronomy , physics and mathematics in Göttingen . In 1953 he received his doctorate with a thesis on the radiation transport of the sodium D line . He then worked for two years as assistant to Albrecht Unsöld and from 1955 assistant to Friedrich Becker at the Bonn observatory . In 1958 he received his habilitation in Bonn with a thesis on the statistics of radio sources in relativistic cosmology .
From 1962 to 1964 he was a visiting scientist at the Goddard Space Flight Center . In the late 1950s and early 1960s he was a pioneer in drawing conclusions about the upper atmosphere from orbital data from satellites (when observing the first Sputnik satellite and then, among other things, with Explorer 17 , see also Thermosphere ).
In 1964 he became professor for astrophysics at the University of Bonn and director of the Institute for Astrophysics and Extraterrestrial Research (IAEF).
After his retirement in 1989, Priester worked primarily in the field of cosmology ( Lyman-Alpha-Wald ).
Together with Hans-Joachim Blome, he developed the theoretical model of a big bounce for the creation of the universe.
Web links
- Literature by and about Wolfgang Priester in the catalog of the German National Library
- Publications by W. Priester in the Astrophysics Data System
- Wolfgang Kundt : Obituary for Wolfgang Priest. Volkssternwarte Bonn, accessed on January 10, 2016.
- Interview by Ronald Doel with Wolfgang Priester. on January 19, 1987, AIP : Oral History Interviews. , accessed on January 10, 2016.
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| SURNAME | Priest, Wolfgang |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German astrophysicist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 22, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Detmold |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 9, 2005 |
| Place of death | Bonn |