People
The Department of Astronomy family at the University of
Florida is formed by an excellent group of people among which we find Faculty, Staff,
Post-Docs, Graduate
Students, Undergraduate
Students
and Alumni.
| R. E. Wilson Professor Emeritus PhD 1963 (U Pennsylvania) www.astro.ufl.edu/~wilson/ 322 Bryant Space Science Center (352) 392 2052 (325)  |
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Areas of Specialty
Stellar Models, Stellar Structure & Evolution, Close Binary Stars.
Research Interests
Variable Stars, HR Diagram Analysis, Eclipsing Binary Models and Analysis.
Biography
Like Abraham Lincoln, I was born in a log cabin that I built with my own hands. My parents operated a photography shop, where I learned just enough optics to explain how to take pictures, as long as no one asked any hard questions. I took an early interest in several team sports but couldn't play any of them so nothing was left but astronomy. Having developed strong aversions to everything trendy, I was guided naturally into binary star research, and particularly into novel developments that a core of about two persons, both living on this planet, find interesting. In my next life I plan to be trendy and athletic, and to save the whales.
Last Updated 01.Sep.2007
