Adam Dziewonski
American seismologist (1936–2016) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Adam Marian Dziewoński (November 15, 1936 – March 1, 2016) was a Polish-American geophysicist who made seminal contributions to the determination of the large-scale structure of the Earth's interior and the nature of earthquakes using seismological methods. He spent most of his career at Harvard University, where he was the Frank B. Baird, Jr. Professor of Science.
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Born | Adam Marian Dziewoński (1936-11-15)November 15, 1936 |
Died | March 1, 2016(2016-03-01) (aged 79) |
Alma mater | Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences |
Awards | Crafoord Prize (1998) William Bowie Medal (2002) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Seismology |
Institutions | Harvard University |
Doctoral students | Miaki Ishii |
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