Eric J. Chaisson (pronounced chase-on, born on October 26, 1946, in Lowell, Massachusetts) is an American astrophysicist known for his research, teaching, and writing on the interdisciplinary science of cosmic evolution. He is a member of the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, teaches natural science at Harvard University and is an elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[1]
He has published nearly 200 peer-reviewed articles in science journals on topics including interstellar clouds and nebulae[2][3] as well as the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy,[4][5] complexity science utilizing the innovative concept of energy rate density, [6][7] waste heating effects on climate change,[8][9][10] and astrobiology of life in the Universe.[11][12] He also seeks to unify natural science[13][14] and works to improve science education nationally and internationally.[15][16]
^Science, p1010, November 30, 2018
^"Inside Cool Interstellar Clouds," Nature, p311, October 6, 1972
^ "Gaseous Nebulas", E. Chaisson, Scientific American, pp164-180, December 1978
^”Black Hole Reportedly Detected at Core of the Milky Way Galaxy,” W. Sullivan, New York Times, p24, March 15, 1979
^Harvard Astronomer Announces Find of Possible Black Hole at Milky Way Galaxy's Core," The Harvard Crimson, March 16, 1979
^Big History and the Future of Humanity, Spier, F., Wiley-Blackwell, London, 2011
^”Energy Flows in Low-Entropy Complex Systems,” E. Chaisson, Entropy, v 17, pp8007-8018, 2015
^”The Other Global Warming,” B. Venkataraman, Boston Sunday Globe, page 1, January 25, 2009
^”The Heat to come . . .” E. Chaisson, New Scientist, pp24-25, April 4, 2009
^”How clean is green?” A. Ananthaswamy, New Scientist, pp35-38, January 28, 2012
^”The Ascent of Life,” M. Chorost, New Scientist, pp35-37, January 21, 2012
^"A Unifying Concept for Astrobiology," E. Chaisson, International Journal of Astrobiology, v 2, p 91, 2003.
^”Unnecessary Complexity,” D. McShea, Science, v 342, pp1319-1320, 2013
^"Rhythm of the Cosmos: Finding Unity among the Natural Sciences", E. Chaisson, Tufts Magazine, pp 16-22, Spring, 2001.
^The 13th Labor: Improving Science Education: A collection of essays from a workshop at the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, T-C. Kim and E. Chaisson (eds.), Gordon&Breach Publishers, 1999
^Astronomy Today, Chaisson, E. and S. McMillan, Pearson, 9 editions, 1993-2018
Eric J. Chaisson (pronounced chase-on, born on October 26, 1946, in Lowell, Massachusetts) is an American astrophysicist known for his research, teaching...
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history of the universe. Scientists (Edward O. Wilson, Brian Swimme, EricChaisson, Ursula Goodenough and others) initiated this story which has been perpetuated...
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century as part of its more limited astrobiology program. Carl Sagan, EricChaisson, Hubert Reeves, Erich Jantsch, and Preston Cloud, among others, extensively...
Magellanic Cloud is forming stars in two, superimposed systems" arxiv.org EricChaisson and Steve McMillan, Astronomy Today (Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall...
with increasing granularity, as well as increasing quantification. EricChaisson has advanced a cosmoglogical complexity metric which he terms Energy...
on August 21, 2016. Retrieved January 6, 2016. "First few minutes". EricChaisson. Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. Archived from the original...
difficulty is a journey into the universe as sacred." Harvard astrophysicist EricChaisson wrote that Swimme, a mathematician by training, seeks a larger, warmer...
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Creationism: An Introduction, Greenwood Press, ISBN 978-0313344275 2007 – EricChaisson – Epic of Evolution, Columbia University Press (March 2, 2007), ISBN 0231135610...
Bylinsky Life in Darwin's Universe: Evolution and the Cosmos Finalist EricChaisson Cosmic Dawn: The Origins of Matter and Life Finalist Steven J. Gould...
Far-Infrared Survey of the Galactic Center (1982) Doctoral advisor Prof. Giovanni Fazio Other academic advisors Prof. EricChaisson Website The Astronomy Cafe...
Brain for All Seasons: Human Evolution and Abrupt Climate Change 2007 – EricChaisson for Epic of Evolution: Seven Ages of the Cosmos 2008 – Christopher Stringer...
& Co. Gravity's Fatal Attraction: Black Holes in the Universe 1995: EricChaisson HarperCollins Publishing The Hubble Wars 1994: Kip S. Thorne W.W. Norton...
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Animal" Taylor – drums (1985) Jerry Shirley – drums (1985) Martin Chaisson – guitar (1987) Eric Gamens – guitar (1987) Jon Deverill – vocals (1987) Steve Harris...
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