Astronomer Donald C. Backer, 1943-2010

29 July 2010, 1:47 pm

Don Backer, a professor in the Department of Astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley, and a world leader in the field of radio astronomy, died on July 25 after collapsing outside his home. He was 66.... Read More »

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