Background
KIPPENHAHN, Rudolf was born on May 24, 1926 in Barringen. Son of Rudolf Kippenhahn and Alma Belz.
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Rudolf Kippenhahn
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Rudolf KIPPENHAHN, German astronomer. Medal (Leopoldina; Medal (Gesellschaft Deutscher Naturforscher und Arzte). Max-PlanckInst. fur Physik und Astrophysik, Institute fur Astrophysik 1957-1965, member of directorate 1963.; Royal Astronomical Society, London; Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Munich.
Education
Professor Doctor Rudolf Kippenhahn originally studied mathematics and physics at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg before changing to Astronomy.
Career
From 1975 to 1991, Professor Kippenhahn was director of the Max Planck Institute Foreign Astrophysics in Garching, Munich, Germany. His books cover such diverse topics as astronomy, cryptology and atomic physics. In the year 2005, Doctor Kippenhahn was honoured by the Royal Astronomical Society with the Eddington medal for his scientific research into the computation of the structure of star and of stellar evolution.
Achievements
Membership
Max-PlanckInst. fur Physik und Astrophysik, Institute fur Astrophysik 1957-1965, member of directorate 1963. Royal Astronomical Society, London. Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Munich.
Connections
Married Johanna Rasper in 1955.
Awards
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Carus medal Eddington Medal; Karl Schwarzschild Medal 1992 Bruno H. Bürgel Prize. 2005 Eddington Medal 2007 Karl Schwarzschild Medal
The Eddington Medal, named after Sir Arthur Eddington, is awarded by the Royal Astronomical Society nominally once every two years for investigations of outstanding merit in theoretical astrophysics.; The Karl Schwarzschild Medal, named after the astrophysicist Karl Schwarzschild, is an award presented by the Astronomische Gesellschaft (German Astronomical Society) to eminent astronomers and astrophysicists.The Eddington Medal, named after Sir Arthur Eddington, is awarded by the Royal Astronomical Society nominally once every two years for investigations of outstanding merit in theoretical astrophysics.; The Karl Schwarzschild Medal, named after the astrophysicist Karl Schwarzschild, is an award presented by the Astronomische Gesellschaft (German Astronomical Society) to eminent astronomers and astrophysicists.
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Carus medal Eddington Medal; Karl Schwarzschild Medal 1992 Bruno H. Bürgel Prize. 2005 Eddington Medal 2007 Karl Schwarzschild Medal
The Eddington Medal, named after Sir Arthur Eddington, is awarded by the Royal Astronomical Society nominally once every two years for investigations of outstanding merit in theoretical astrophysics.; The Karl Schwarzschild Medal, named after the astrophysicist Karl Schwarzschild, is an award presented by the Astronomische Gesellschaft (German Astronomical Society) to eminent astronomers and astrophysicists.The Eddington Medal, named after Sir Arthur Eddington, is awarded by the Royal Astronomical Society nominally once every two years for investigations of outstanding merit in theoretical astrophysics.; The Karl Schwarzschild Medal, named after the astrophysicist Karl Schwarzschild, is an award presented by the Astronomische Gesellschaft (German Astronomical Society) to eminent astronomers and astrophysicists.