Claudio Vita-Finzi
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Claudio Vita-Finzi taught planetary geology at University College London (UCL) for a dozen years before moving to the Natural History Museum as a scientific associate. He is working on solar history. Dominic Fortes studied the physical properties of planetary ices under the auspices of a UCL toon meer Graduate School Scholarship and two STFC-funded Research Fellowships over a ten-year period in the UCL Department of Earth Sciences. Currently working in the Institute for Earth and Planetary Sciences at UCL and Birkbeck College, he continues this work on planetary ices and the application to understanding the evolution of these fascinating objects, and lectures on the geology of planetary bodies. In a review of the first edition: 'The book is a pleasure to read for its breadth of scope' Geoscientist toon minder
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Algemene kennis
- Gangbare naam
- Vita-Finzi, Claudio
- Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
- Vita-Finzi, C.
- Geboortedatum
- 1936-11-21
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- UK
Australia (birth) - Geboorteplaats
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Opleiding
- University of Cambridge
- Beroepen
- earth scientist
geologist - Organisaties
- Natural History Museum, London
University College London
British Academy
American Philosophical Society - Korte biografie
- Claudio Vita-Finzi was born in Sydney and educated in Argentina and the UK (MA, PhD, ScD from Cambridge University). After several years teaching geology and planetary science at University College London he moved to the Natural History Museum where he is a Scientific Associate. Vita-Finzi is a member of the American Philosophical Society and a Fellow of the British Academy. He is currently working on solar history. [from Amazon.com]
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- 75
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- #235,804
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- 3.2
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- 25
