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Gerald Jerry Fishman

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American astronomer

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Gerald Jay (Jerry) Fishman is an American research astrophysicist, specializing in gamma-ray astronomy. His research interests also include space and nuclear instrumentation and radiation in space. A native of St. S. S. D. degrees in space science from Rice University in 1968 and 1970, respectively.

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2011The Shaw Prize in Astronomy
1994Bruno Rossi Prize
Fellow of the American Physical Society

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Gerald Jay (Jerry) Fishman is an American research astrophysicist, specializing in gamma-ray astronomy. His research interests also include space and nuclear instrumentation and radiation in space. A native of St. Louis, Missouri, Fishman obtained a B.S. with Honors degree in physics from the University of Missouri in 1965, followed by M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in space science from Rice University in 1968 and 1970, respectively.

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Born 1943 · age 83
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