PDA

View Full Version : Herman Bondi 1919-2005


neutrino
Sep14-05, 02:06 PM
http://physicsweb.org/articles/news/9/9/8/1?rss=2.0

The brilliant cosmologist and mathematician Sir Hermann Bondi has died at the age of 85. He was best known for developing the "steady-state" theory of the universe together with Thomas Gold and Fred Hoyle. Bondi also led a successful career as a science administrator, running the European Space Research Organisation for four years and spending six years as chief scientist to the UK Ministry of Defence. Bondi died on 10 September.