R. Edward Nather (1926 – 2014) was the Rex G. Baker Jr. and McDonald Observatory Centennial Research Professor Emeritus in Astronomy at
UT Austin. He pioneered the fields of
asteroseismology
Asteroseismology or astroseismology is the study of oscillations in stars. Stars have many resonant modes and frequencies, and the path of sound waves passing through a star depends on the speed of sound, which in turn depends on local temperature ...
of
white dwarfs, and observational studies of interacting
binary collapsed stars.
He served as the director of the
Whole Earth Telescope for the first decade of its existence,
and achieved internet fame by posting
the Story of Mel, a
Real Programmer
Real may refer to:
Currencies
* Brazilian real (R$)
* Central American Republic real
* Mexican real
* Portuguese real
* Spanish real
* Spanish colonial real
Music Albums
* ''Real'' (L'Arc-en-Ciel album) (2000)
* ''Real'' (Bright album) (2010)
...
, on
Usenet.
Nather died on August 13, 2014 in Austin, Texas.
References
American astronomers
1926 births
2014 deaths
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