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Sir Hermann Bondi was an Austrian-British mathematician and cosmologist.
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science · Austrian-British mathematician and cosmologist (1919–2005) · mathematician · astronomer · university teacher · physicist · also Hermann Bondi, Sir Hermann Bondi, Austrian scientist, Bondi
Born 1 November 1919 · Died 10 September 2005 · Q380235
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Died 2005-09-10.
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Aged 85 and his ashes were scattered at Anglesey Abbey near Cambridge
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Won Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (2001).
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Awarded Austrian Decoration for Science and Art (1997).
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Won IMA Gold Medal (1988).
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Won Albert Einstein Medal (1983).
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The Gold Medal of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications in 1988, the G
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Awarded Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1973).
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Won Guthrie Medal and Prize (1973).
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Career landmark: director general (1967–1971).
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Published “van der Waals Volumes and Radii” in The Journal of Physical Chemistry — cited 18,072 times.
Awarded Fellow of the Royal Society (1959).
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Led eventually to the building of the Thames Barrier
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Hermann Bondi, Fred Hoyle and Thomas Gold formulated the Steady State theory, which holds that the universe is constantly expanding but matter is constantly created to form new stars and galaxies to maintain a constant a
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Studied at University of Cambridge, Doctor of Philosophy (1944).
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Studied at Trinity College (1937–1940).
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Bondi became Senior Wrangler at the University of Cambridge
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Shortly before the Anschluss, he sent them a telegram telling them to leave Austria at once
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Born 1919-11-01.
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