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CXC Biographies: Norman K. Glendenning
Senior Scientist Emeritus, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Norman K. Glendenning started his career in theoretical nuclear
physics, an area he researched for about 20 years. He has studied
theoretical astrophysics for the past two decades, with a focus in
the area of compact stars. Glendenning was born in Canada, and is now
a US citizen. After receiving his Ph.D. in 1959 at Indiana
University, he joined the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory at
the University of California, where he has spent his entire
professional career except for frequent visits abroad. For many
years, he held a visiting position at the University of Paris at
Orsay.
He has published two technical books, the first on Direct Nuclear
Reactions (Academic Press, 1983) and the second on Compact Stars
(Springer-Verlag, 1st edition 1996, 2nd edition 2000). He is also author of "After the Beginning: A cosmic journey through space and time," a book on cosmology written for the layreader and for scientists in other fields. He has
published almost 200 research articles in scholarly journals. One of
his papers was featured among 10 highlights in astrophysics in
Physics News in 1997. He was awarded an Alexander von Humboldt Prize
in 1994 for his outstanding research in nuclear and
astrophysics.
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