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Nelson, Jerry Earl |
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Nelson, Jerry Earl (1944– ) astrophysicist; born in Glendale, Calif. This maker of gadgets from boyhood solved the physical problems that had long inhibited building the largest telescope in the world. A researcher at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory beginning in 1975, his honeycomb mirror concept and project direction enabled the construction of the 33-foot-wide Keck telescope on Hawaii's Mauna Kea volcano. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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