Jaan Einasto
| Jaan Einasto | |
|---|---|
 Jaan Einasto with his Marcel Grossmann Award, 2009 | |
| Born |
23 February 1929 Tartu, Estonia |
| Fields | Cosmology |
| Notable awards | Gruber Foundation Cosmology Prize[1] (2014) |
Jaan Einasto (born 23 February 1929, in Tartu) is an Estonian astrophysicist and one of the discoverers of the large-scale structure of the Universe. He is a patriotic Estonian; the name "Einasto" is an anagram of "Estonia" (it was chosen by his patriotic father in the 1930s to replace the family's German name).[2]
Born in Tartu, he attended the University of Tartu, where he received the Ph.D. equivalent in 1955 and a senior research doctorate in 1972. From 1952, he has worked as a scientist at the Tartu Observatory (1977–1998) Head of the Department of Cosmology; in 1992-1995, he was Professor of Cosmology at the University of Tartu. For a long time, he was Head of the Division of Astronomy and Physics of the Estonian Academy of Sciences in Tallinn. Einasto is a member of the Academia Europaea, the European Astronomical Society and the Royal Astronomical Society; he has received three Estonian National Science Awards.
- 1947 Tartu Secondary School No. 1
- 1952 University of Tartu
- 1955 Cand.Sc. in physics and mathematics
- 1972 D.Sc. in physics and mathematics
- 1992 Professor
- 1991 Member of Academia Europaea
- 1994 Member of the Royal British Society of Astronomy
The asteroid 11577 Einasto, discovered in 1994, is named in his honour.
External links
- Jaan Einasto page at the Tõravere Observatory
See also
- Einasto profile
- Vera Rubin - her discovery of "flat rotation curves" is the most direct and robust evidence of dark matter.
References
- ↑ Tamme, Virge. "Jaan Einasto received the Gruber Foundation Cosmology Prize". ut.ee. University of Tartu. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
- ↑ Einasto, Jaan (2013). Dark Matter and Cosmic Web Story. World Scientific Publishing. ISBN 978-981-4551-05-2.
In the 1930's [the] Estonian government started a campaign to change German names to Estonian ones. So our family name was also changed. My father was a real patriot of Estonia, so he invented the name "Einasto", which is a permutation of "Estonia". The name was patented, so nobody else can have this name. In this respect our family name is unique.