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Walter Lewin

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Walter Hendrik Gustav Lewin (born January 29, 1936) is a Dutch astrophysicist and retired professor of physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Lewin earned his doctorate in nuclear physics in 1965 at the Delft University of Technology and was a member of MIT's physics faculty for 43 years beginning in 1966 until his retirement in 2009. Lewin's contributions in astrophysics include the first discovery of a rotating neutron star through all-sky balloon surveys and research in X-ray detection in investigations through satellites and observatories. Lewin has received awards for teaching and is known for his lectures on physics and their publication online via YouTube, MIT OpenCourseWare and edX. In December 2014, MIT revoked Lewin's Professor Emeritus title after an MIT investigation determined that Lewin had violated university policy by sexually harassing an online student in a MITx course he taught in fall 2013. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Walter Lewin is the 346th most popular astronomer (down from 296th in 2019), the 548th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 538th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Dutch Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Walter Lewin ranks 346 out of 644. Before him are James L. Elliot, Klim Churyumov, Lyudmila Zhuravleva, Fang Lizhi, Rudolph Minkowski, and Hugo von Seeliger. After him are Carl A. Wirtanen, Gérard de Vaucouleurs, Carl Gustav Witt, Bartholomaeus Pitiscus, James Glaisher, and Cyril Jackson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Walter Lewin ranks 271. Before him are Fang Lizhi, Knud Enemark Jensen, Rachid Mekhloufi, Touria Chaoui, Moacir Claudino Pinto, and Marion Chesney. After him are Henck Arron, Edward Feigenbaum, Antonin Scalia, Feliciano Rivilla, Toralf Engan, and Jan Němec.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Walter Lewin ranks 548 out of 1,646. Before him are Jan Mostaert (1475), Cornelis Lely (1854), Arnold Mühren (1951), Otto Marseus van Schrieck (1619), Jan van Bijlert (1597), and Abraham Jacob van der Aa (1792). After him are Ard Schenk (1944), Wim Rijsbergen (1952), Jan Wouters (1960), Gerard Philips (1858), Michael Reiziger (1973), and Anthony van Hoboken (1887).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Netherlands

Among astronomers born in Netherlands, Walter Lewin ranks 13. Before him are Cornelis Johannes van Houten (1920), John Goodricke (1764), Adriaan Blaauw (1914), Maarten Schmidt (1929), Hendrik van Gent (1900), and Michael van Langren (1598). After him are Dirk Brouwer (1902), Peter van de Kamp (1901), Bart Bok (1906), Eise Eisinga (1744), Kees de Jager (1921), and Frederik Kaiser (1808).

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