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David Latham

David Latham

David Latham received his undergraduate degree is in mathematics from MIT (1961) and his graduate degree in astronomy from Harvard (1970).  He has worked in observational cosmology (galaxy redshift surveys, QSO absorption line systems, gravitational lenses) and on the frequency and characteristics of binary stars in a variety of stellar populations.  More recently he has been focusing on the search for extra-solar planets.  His research has been based at the Harvard-Smithsonian Astrophysics Center, while his teaching has been at Harvard University.

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