Impey, Chris
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- home page (Chris Impey is a professor and deputy head of the department of astronomy at the University of Arizona. His astronomy research focuses on observational cosmology--using telescopes and other instruments to study the large-scale structure and evolution of the universe. He also does research on education and science literacy) curriculum vitae page (Born 25 January 1956, Edinburgh, Scotland; British Citizen; U.S. Permanent Resident; Education: B.Sc., Physics, 1977, University of London; Ph.D., Astronomy, 1981, University of Edinburgh; started at the University of Arizona in August 1986; previously at the California Institute of Technology, June 1983-August 1986, and University of Hawaii, March 1981-June 1983 ( (Chris Impey's website, viewed September 22, 2020:) )
- Astronomy, c1994:CIP t.p. (Chris Impey, Steward Observatory, Univ. of Ariz.)
- The low surface brightness universe, 1999:t.p. (C. Impey) p. xx (Chris Impey)
- Frontiers of astrobiology, 2012:ECIP t.p. (Chris Impey; University of Arizona) data view (b. Jan. 25, 1956)
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Christopher David Impey (born 25 January 1956) is a British astronomer, educator, and author. He has been a faculty member at the University of Arizona since 1986. Impey has done research on observational cosmology, in particular low surface brightness galaxies, the intergalactic medium, and surveys of active galaxies and quasars. As an educator, he has pioneered the use of instructional technology for teaching science to undergraduate non-science majors. He has written many technical articles and a series of popular science books including The Living Cosmos, How It Began, How It Ends: From You to the Universe, Dreams of Other Worlds, and Humble Before the Void. He served as Vice-President of the American Astronomical Society, he is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor. He serves on the Advisory Council of METI (Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence).
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