Alastair G. W. Cameron

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Canadian astrophysicist (1925-2005)

Canada ScientistsLived 1925 to 2005 · aged 80

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Alastair Graham Walter Cameron was an American-Canadian astrophysicist and space scientist who was an eminent staff member of the Astronomy department of Harvard University.

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2006Hans A. Bethe Prize

1997Henry Norris Russell Lectureship

1994Leonard Medal

1989Harry H. Hess Medal

1988J. Lawrence Smith Medal

1970Petrie Prize Lecture

1965Fellow of the American Geophysical Union

Fellow of the American Physical Society

Connected to Alastair 6

Gordon BaymAlso won Hans A. Bethe Prize

Hubert Anson NewtonAlso won J. Lawrence Smith Medal

James R. ArnoldAlso won Leonard Medal

Alexandra NavrotskyAlso won Harry H. Hess Medal Jesse L. GreensteinAlso won Henry Norris Russell Lectureship Susan KiefferAlso won Fellow of the American Geophysical Union

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Alastair Graham Walter Cameron was an American-Canadian astrophysicist and space scientist who was an eminent staff member of the Astronomy department of Harvard University. He was one of the founders of the field of nuclear astrophysics, advanced the theory that the Moon was created by the giant impact of a Mars-sized object with the early Earth, and was an early adopter of computer technology in astrophysics.

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