Dimitri Manuel Mihalas (March 20, 1939 – November 21, 2013) was a

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at the

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in the field of

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, and

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. He was born in

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and was of

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origin. Mihalas obtained his

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, and

from the

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, in 1959. In one year, he received his master's degree from

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in 1960. He completed his PhD degree in three years in 1963 in physics and astronomy, also from

. At a very early age of 42, he became a member of the

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. Besides a large number of scientific papers, mostly related to radiative transfer, Mihalas authored reference books such as "Stellar Atmospheres". Mihalas had

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. He wrote a number of essays and books on the problem. Scientific books * D. Mihalas (in collaboration with P.M. Routly) - ''Galactic Astronomy''. (San Francisco: W. H. Freeman & Company), 1968 82* D. Mihalas - ''Stellar Atmospheres''. (San Francisco: W. H. Freeman & Company), 1970 99* D. Mihalas, B. Pagel, and P. Souffrin Theorie des Atmospheres Stellaires. ''First Advanced Course of the Swiss Society for Astronomy and Astrophysics.'' (Geneva: Observatoire de Geneve), 1971 * D. Mihalas - ''Stellar Atmospheres. 2nd ed.'' (San Francisco: W. H. Freeman & Company), 1978

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* D. Mihalas and J. Binney - ''Galactic Astronomy: Structure and Kinematics of Galaxies.'' (San Francisco: W.H. Freeman & Company), 1981 48* D. Mihalas and B. W. Mihalas - ''Foundations of Radiation Hydrodynamics''. (New York: Oxford University Press), 1984. Paperback Edition, (New York: Dover Publications, Inc.), 1999 84* R. J. LeVeque, D. Mihalas, E. A. Dorfi, and E. Muller - ''Computational Methods for Astrophysical Fluid Flow''. Saas-Fee Advanced Course 27. Swiss Society for Astronomy and Astrophysics. (Berlin: Springer Verlag), 1998 * ''Stellar Atmosphere Modeling: Proceedings of an International Workshop Held in Tubingen, Germany, 8–12 April 2002 Stellar Atmosphere Modeling: Proceedings of an International Workshop Held in Tubingen, Germany, 8–12 April 2002'' (Astronomical Society of the pacific), 2003 (Editors: D. Mihalas, I. Hubeny, K. Werner) Non-science books * D. Mihalas - ''Coming Back From The Dead'', 1990 * D. Mihalas, A. Sawyer, L. Wainwright - ''Trilogy in a Minor Key''. (Trilogy Productions), 1991 * D. Mihalas - ''Cantata for Six Lives And Continuo'', 1992 * D. Mihalas, C. Pursifull - ''If I Should Die before I Wake If I Should Die before I Wake''. (Hawk Productions), 1993 * D. Mihalas - ''Dream Shadows'', 1994 * D. Mihalas - ''Depression and Spiritual Growth''. (Pendle Hill Publications), 1996 * D. Mihalas - ''Life Matters: Poems by Dimitri Mihalas'', 1995 * D. Mihalas - ''The World Is My Witness'', 1997 * D. Mihalas - ''A Distant Summons'', 1998

References

External links

Conference Proceedings Dedicated to Dimitri Mihalas

2009 Spectroscopy and Radiation Hydrodynamics Conference in Boulder, Colorado Dedicated to Dimitri

Baolian Cheng, "Dimitri Mihalas," Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences (2015)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mihalas, Dimitri 1939 births 2013 deaths Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences American astronomers American people of Greek descent Los Alamos National Laboratory personnel