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Wendy Freedman

ウェンディ・フリードマン　/　うぇんでぃ・ふりーどまん

Astronomer from Canada

July 17, 1957 (age 68)　・　Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Ontario
astronomer
physicist

My Take

Wendy Freedman is, to me, one of the genuinely awe-inspiring people in this database. Her measurement of the Hubble constant goes straight to the heart of how fast the universe expands and how old it is, which is about as profound a question as science offers. Directing the Carnegie Observatories and stacking up honours from the Heineman Prize to the Gruber Prize, she has also blazed a trail for women in physics. There is something humbling about a person who stares at the night sky and then relentlessly chases the numbers hidden behind it. After reading about her, I look up a little differently.

Overview

Wendy Laurel Freedman (born July 17, 1957) is a Canadian-American astronomer, best known for her measurement of the Hubble constant, and as director of the Carnegie Observatories in Pasadena, California, and Las Campanas, Chile. She is now the John & Marion Sullivan University Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Chicago.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Wendy Freedman
Name (Japanese): ウェンディ・フリードマン
Reading: うぇんでぃ・ふりーどまん
Born: July 17, 1957 (age 68)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Cancer / Rooster
Origin: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: astronomer / physicist

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: University of Toronto

Awards & achievements

2016 Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics
2009 Gruber Prize in Cosmology
2012 Fellow of the American Physical Society
2002 Magellanic Premium
2016 Women in Space Science Award
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2015 Petrie Prize Lecture
2010 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3

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