Name Erika Bohm-Vitense Role Astronomer | Education University of Kiel | |
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Spouse Karl-Heinz Hermann Bohm Books Introduction to Stellar Astrophys, Introduction to Stellar Astrophysics:, Introduction to Stellar Astrophysics | ||
Erika Helga Ruth Böhm-Vitense (June 3, 1923 – January 21, 2017) was a German-born American astronomer known for her work on Cepheid variables and stellar atmospheres. She received her doctorate from the University of Kiel in 1951 and is a professor emeritus at the University of Washington. In 1965, she was awarded the Annie J. Cannon Award in Astronomy by the American Astronomical Society.
She authored three volumes of introductory astrophysics texts first published in 1989.
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