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Iosif Shklovsky

1916 - 1985

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Iosif Samuilovich Shklovsky (sometimes transliterated Josif, Josif, Shklovskii, Shklovskij; Russian: Ио́сиф Самуи́лович Шкло́вский; 1 July 1916 – 3 March 1985) was a Soviet astronomer and astrophysicist. He is remembered for his work in theoretical astrophysics and other topics, as well as for his 1962 book on extraterrestrial life, the revised and expanded version of which was co-authored by American astronomer Carl Sagan in 1966 as Intelligent Life in the Universe. He won the Lenin Prize in 1960 and the Bruce Medal in 1972. Asteroid 2849 Shklovskij and the crater Shklovsky (on the Martian moon Phobos) are named in his honor. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Iosif Shklovsky is the 301st most popular astronomer (down from 293rd in 2019), the 435th most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 503rd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Ukrainian Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Iosif Shklovsky ranks 301 out of 644. Before him are Eugene Parker, Frank Muller, Mashallah ibn Athari, Thomas Romney Robinson, David Gill, and Maarten Schmidt. After him are Christine Kirch, Muhyi al-Din al-Maghribi, Philippe van Lansberge, Luigi Carnera, Charles Dillon Perrine, and Guillaume Le Gentil.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Iosif Shklovsky ranks 124. Before him are John Basilone, Paul Halmos, Moondog, Hidetoki Takahashi, Vladimir Demikhov, and Erik Nilsson. After him are Jackie Gleason, Maurice Bavaud, Dom Mintoff, Hilary Koprowski, Dorothy McGuire, and Rossano Brazzi. Among people deceased in 1985, Iosif Shklovsky ranks 110. Before him are Sergei Yutkevich, Manfred Winkelhock, Kenny Clarke, William Stevenson, Ernest Nagel, and Susanne Langer. After him are Georgia Hale, Dmitry Belyayev, Paul Castellano, Oreco, Benjamin Markarian, and Robert Surtees.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Iosif Shklovsky ranks 435 out of 1,365. Before him are Ephraim Moses Lilien (1874), Maximilian Voloshin (1877), Abraham Goldfaden (1840), Georgy Voronoy (1868), Ber Borochov (1881), and Dmitry Dmitrievich Maksutov (1896). After him are Aleksandar Malinov (1867), Agenor Maria Gołuchowski (1849), Boris Iofan (1891), Nonna Mordyukova (1925), Viktor Tsybulenko (1930), and Mykhaylo Fomenko (1948).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Ukraine

Among astronomers born in Ukraine, Iosif Shklovsky ranks 5. Before him are Svetlana Gerasimenko (1945), Otto Struve (1897), Tamara Smirnova (1935), and Fyodor Bredikhin (1831). After him are Klim Churyumov (1937), Viktor Knorre (1840), and Grigory Shajn (1892).

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