Virginia Louise Trimble
Virginia Louise Trimble | |
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Caltech, Cambridge | |
Known for | Annual reviews of Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Studies of telescope productivity |
Spouse | Joseph Weber |
Awards | NAS Award for Scientific Reviewing Klopsteg Memorial Award George Van Biesbroeck Prize honorary doctorate from the University of Valencia Andrew Gemant Award |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Astrophysics, cosmology, history of astronomy, history of science |
Thesis | Motions and structure of the filamentary envelope of the Crab Nebula [1] |
Doctoral advisor | Guido Münch |
Website | http://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile.cfm?faculty_id=3060 |
Virginia Louise Trimble (born November 15, 1943) is an American
Life
Trimble "grew up the only child of a chemist father and a mother with a flair for language, within easy driving distance of both UCLA and Caltech."
Honors
- She received the NAS Award for Scientific Reviewing in 1986, "for informing and enlightening the astronomical community by her numerous, comprehensive, scholarly, and literate reviews, which have elucidated many complex astrophysical questions"[14]
- She was awarded the Klopsteg Memorial Award from the American Association of Physics Teachers in 2001, "for her leadership, her contributions to the literature, and her dedication as a teacher"[15]
- She received the George Van Biesbroeck Prize in 2010, for "many years of dedicated service to the national and international communities of astronomers, including her expert assessments of progress in all fields of astrophysics and her significant roles in supporting organizations, boards, committees and foundations in the cause of astronomy."[16]
- She was awarded the 2019 Andrew Gemant Award by the American Institute of Physics (AIP)[17]
- She was elected a Legacy Fellow of the American Astronomical Society in 2020.[18]
- The main-belt asteroid M.P.C. 108696).[19]
- She was awarded the 2024 Abraham Pais Prize for History of Physics by the American Physical Society.[20]
Selected works
- Trimble, Virginia (1992). Visit to Small Universe. Masters of Modern Physics. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 978-0-88318-792-0.
- Trimble, Virginia (1987). "Existence and nature of dark matter in the universe". S2CID 123199266.
- Hansen, Carl J.; Kwaler, Steven D.; Trimble, Virginia (2012). Stellar Interiors: Physical Principles, Structure, and Evolution (2 ed.). ISBN 978-1-4419-9110-2.
- Trimble, Virginia (1975). "The origin and abundances of the chemical elements" (PDF). .
- Motions and structure of the filamentary envelope of the Crab Nebula (Thesis).
- Virginia Trimble; Thomas R. Williams; Katherine Bracher; Richard Jarrell; Jordan D. Marché; F. Jamil Ragep, eds. (2009). Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer. ISBN 978-0-387-35133-9.
References
- ^ Motions and structure of the filamentary envelope of the Crab Nebula (Thesis).
- ^ a b "9271 Trimble (1978 VT8)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ^ "Valencia Honorary Doctorate Biography".
- ^ "UCI Observatory profile".
- ^ "Virginia Trimble Honored by AAS and IAU | American Astronomical Society". aas.org. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
- ISBN 978-0-88318-792-0.
- ^ "Behind a Lovely Face, a 180 I.Q." Life. 1962-10-19. pp. 98–99. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
- ^ "The Twilight Zone: Princess Twilight". 2012-11-02.
- ^ Virginia L. Trimble (1996-09-02). "Affirmative Action And Women In Science: Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc?". The Scientist.
- ^ Robyn Williams (2000-07-08). "World's Best Telescopes: Interview with Virginia Trimble". The Science Show.
- ^ "Valencia Honorary Doctorate Acceptance Speech". Archived from the original on 2016-03-12. Retrieved 2016-03-11.
- ^ "IAU Directory Page".
- ^ "AAS Past Officers".
- ^ Garfield, Eugene (May 12, 1986). "The 1986 NAS Award for Excellence in Scientific Reviewing Goes to Virginia L. Trimble for Her Reviews in Astronomy and Astrophysics" (PDF).
- ISSN 0031-9228.
- ^ "George Van Biesbroeck Prize".
- ^ "Lifelong Successes, Public Enlightenment: Virginia Trimble to Receive Gemant Award for Championing the Social Perspective of Science". www.aip.org. 2019-08-15. Retrieved 2021-02-09.
- ^ "AAS Fellows". AAS. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
- ^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ^ "2024 Abraham Pais Prize for History of Physics Recipient". American Physical Society. Retrieved 24 October 2023.