Peter Nilson
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Peter Nilson | |
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| Born | 17 October 1937  Näsby |
| Died | 8 March 1998 (aged 60) |
| Occupation | Astronomer |
Peter Nilson (17 October 1937 – 8 March 1998) was a Swedish astronomer and novelist. Active at Uppsala University, he compiled a catalogue of galaxies containing nearly 13,000 entries.[1] He was appreciated for a number of essay books (primarily about science) and for a number of science fiction novels like Rymdväktaren, or "The Space Guardian" and Nyaga.
He was born in the
history of ideas and astronomy
.
He was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1993.
Works
- Lysande stjärnor (1970)
- Uppsala General Catalogue of Galaxies (1973)
- Upptäckten av universum (1975)
- Himlavalvets sällsamheter (1977)
- Trollkarlen (1979)
- Främmande världar (1980)
- Arken (1982)
- Mitt i labyrinten (1983)
- Guldspiken (1985)
- Avgrundsbok (1987)
- Äventyret (1989)
- Messias med träbenet (1990)
- Stjärnvägar (1991)
- Rymdljus (1992)
- Solvindar (1993)
- Hem till jorden (1994)
- Rymdväktaren (1995)
- Nyaga (1996)
- Den gamla byn (1997). Illustrated by Björn Gidstam
- Ljuden från kosmos (2000, posthum)
References
- ^ Claus Madsen, The Jewel on the Mountaintop: The European Southern Observatory through Fifty Years (2013), p. 82.
- ^ "Peter Nilson". Projekt Runeberg. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
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