Eric Chaisson
Eric J. Chaisson (pronounced chase-on, born on October 26, 1946, in
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Biography
Chaisson graduated in physics from
He was commissioned an officer in the U.S. Air Force at Lackland Air Force Base in 1970, serving on active duty and in the reserves until 1986, after which he was honorably discharged at the rank of captain. He took leave from academia in 1986 at MIT Lincoln Laboratory as staff physicist working on ballistic missile defense amidst occasional consulting and advising for many years with the military-intelligence community.[17] He spent sabbaticals in 1996 as visiting scholar and national lecturer for Phi Beta Kappa and in 2018 working on solar energy as visiting professor at University of Notre Dame and Distinguished Fellow at its Institute for Advanced Study.[18]
Awards
Chaisson’s research and writing have won several awards, such as the 1977 B.J. Bok Prize
His book Cosmic Dawn in 1982 received the
“for “increasing understanding of factors shaping the future of humanity.” And the textbook, Astronomy: The Universe at a Glance, won the Most Innovative New Textbook award in 2016 from the Textbook Authors Association.Bibliography
- Cosmic Dawn: The Origins of Matter and Life (in 9 foreign languages), Atlantic Monthly Press, 1981
- The Invisible Universe: Probing Frontiers of Astrophysics (co-authored with G. Field; in 4 languages), Birkhauser-Boston, 1985
- The Life Era: Cosmic Selection and Conscious Evolution, Atlantic Monthly Press, 1987
- Relatively Speaking: Black Holes, Relativity, and Fate of the Universe (in five languages), Norton, 1988
- Universe: An Evolutionary Approach to Astronomy, Prentice-Hall, 1988
- Astronomy Today (co-authored with S. McMillan), Pearson, 9 editions, 1993-2018
- Astronomy: A Beginner’s Guide, (co-authored with S. McMillan), Pearson, 8 editions, 1995-2017
- The Hubble Wars: Astrophysics Meets Astropolitics . . ., HarperCollins, 1994
- The 13th Labor: Improving Science Education (co-edited with T-C. Kim), Gordon&Breach, 1999
- Cosmic Evolution: The Rise of Complexity in Nature, Harvard University Press, 2001
- Epic of Evolution: Seven Ages of the Cosmos (in 7 languages), Columbia University Press, 2006
- Astronomy: The Universe at a Glance (co-authored with S. McMillan), Pearson, 2016
See also
- Big History
- Epic of Evolution
References
- ^ Science, p1010, November 30, 2018
- ^ "Inside Cool Interstellar Clouds," Nature, p311, October 6, 1972
- ^ "Gaseous Nebulas", E. Chaisson, Scientific American, pp164-180, December 1978
- ^ ”Black Hole Reportedly Detected at Core of the Milky Way Galaxy,” W. Sullivan, New York Times, p24, March 15, 1979
- ^ Harvard Astronomer Announces Find of Possible Black Hole at Milky Way Galaxy's Core," The Harvard Crimson, March 16, 1979
- ^ Big History and the Future of Humanity, Spier, F., Wiley-Blackwell, London, 2011
- ^ ”Energy Flows in Low-Entropy Complex Systems,” E. Chaisson, Entropy, v 17, pp8007-8018, 2015
- ^ ”The Other Global Warming,” B. Venkataraman, Boston Sunday Globe, page 1, January 25, 2009
- ^ ”The Heat to come . . .” E. Chaisson, New Scientist, pp24-25, April 4, 2009
- ^ ”How clean is green?” A. Ananthaswamy, New Scientist, pp35-38, January 28, 2012
- ^ ”The Ascent of Life,” M. Chorost, New Scientist, pp35-37, January 21, 2012
- ^ "A Unifying Concept for Astrobiology," E. Chaisson, International Journal of Astrobiology, v 2, p 91, 2003.
- ^ ”Unnecessary Complexity,” D. McShea, Science, v 342, pp1319-1320, 2013
- ^ "Rhythm of the Cosmos: Finding Unity among the Natural Sciences", E. Chaisson, Tufts Magazine, pp 16-22, Spring, 2001.
- ^ The 13th Labor: Improving Science Education: A collection of essays from a workshop at the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, T-C. Kim and E. Chaisson (eds.), Gordon&Breach Publishers, 1999
- ^ Astronomy Today, Chaisson, E. and S. McMillan, Pearson, 9 editions, 1993-2018
- ^ "Military Planners View the Shuttle As Way to Open Space for Warfare," Lyons, R., New York Times, p34, March 29, 1981
- ^ "Eric J. - Chaisson // Institute for Advanced Study // University of Notre Dame".
- ^ "Bok Prize". Department of Astronomy. Harvard University. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
- ^ Harvard Gazette, November 10, 1979
- ^ "Heaven comes down to earth with Annapolis man in the classroom," Harper, S., The Sunday Capital, April 2, 1989
- ^ "Early Results from the Hubble Space Telescope," Chaisson, E., Scientific American, pp44-52, June 1992
- ^ "Chaisson and Kitchener Honored,"Physics Today, p28, December 1995
- ^ New York Times Book Review, C. Raymo, May 29, 1994
- ^ [1] Foundation for the Future, 2007
External links
- Eric Chaisson's curriculum vitae
- Eric Chaisson's web site
- Cosmic evolution web site (containing text, images, animations, movies, and hyperlinked references of interest to both non-scientists {Introductory Track} and professional scientists {Advanced Track}).
- A 60-minute video interview with PBS-Science for the Public 2014: WGBH Forum
- Representative samples of recent research articles: Current Research
- Syllabus of annual course at Harvard: Current Teaching