Govert Schilling (born 30 November 1956) is a

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popular science writer and amateur

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Career

Schilling was born in

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. In 1982, he became the program leader at the former Zeiss Planetarium, Amsterdam. From 1987 to 1998 he was also a part-time appointee as a program leader at the Artis Planetarium in Amsterdam. He has extensively written for the

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magazine and

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Honours

The asteroid ''10986 Govert'' is named after him.

Bibliography

He is the author of a number of bestselling books. He has frequently collaborated with

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. * ''Europe to the Stars: ESO's first 50 years of exploring the southern sky'' * ''Atlas of Astronomical Discoveries'' * ''Evolving Cosmos'' * ''Eyes on the Skies: 400 Years of Telescopic Discovery'' * ''The Hunt for Planet X: New Worlds and the Fate of Pluto'' ISBN 978-0-387-77804-4 * ''Flash!: The Hunt for the Biggest Explosions in the Universe'' * ''Ripples in Spacetime: Einstein, Gravitational Waves and the Future of Astronomy''

References

External links

* http://allesoversterrenkunde.nl/#!/english/govert-schilling/ * https://twitter.com/govertschilling * http://www.linkedin.com/in/govertschilling {{DEFAULTSORT:Schilling, Govert Living people Dutch science writers 1956 births People from Zederik