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William H. Press

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Astrophysicist, theoretical physicist, and computational biologist

United StatesScientistsBorn 1948 · age 78
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William Henry Press is an astrophysicist, theoretical physicist, computer scientist, and computational biologist. S. National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Council on Foreign Relations.

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2013Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1981Helen B. Warner Prize for Astronomy
Fellow of the American Physical Society

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William Henry Press is an astrophysicist, theoretical physicist, computer scientist, and computational biologist. He is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Council on Foreign Relations. In 1989, he was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society "in recognition of important theoretical contributions to relativistic astrophysics and to cosmology" Other honors include the 1981 Helen B. Warner Prize for Astronomy. Press has been a member of the JASON defense advisory group since 1977 and is a past chair.

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Born 1948 · age 78
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