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Dutch physicist and astronomer born in 1918 in Utrecht, the Netherlands. He is the author of Light Scattering by
Small Particles (1957) and Multiple Light Scattering (1980), and his 1951 mimeographed A Course in Radio
Astronomy was an important forerunner of early textbooks in the field. His work first centered on the solar corona and
on interstellar matter and shifted later to radio astronomy. He theoretically predicted the 21 centimeter spin-flip
transition of HI. He has been active in many functions promoting international cooperation in space research (Sullivan
1984, p. 414).
Additional biographies: Bruce Medalists, Bonn
Hey, J. S. The Evolution of Radio Astronomy.. New York: Science History Publications, 1973.
Leiden University Department of Astronomy. "In Memoriam: Hendrik Christoffel van de Hulst." http://www.strw.leidenuniv.nl/vdhulst_e.html.
Sullivan, W. III (Ed.). The Early Years of Radio Astronomy: Reflections Fifty Years after Jansky's Discovery.
London: Cambridge University Press, 1984.
van de Hulst, H. C. Light Scattering by Small Particles. New York: Dover, 1981.
van de Hulst, H. C. Multiple Light Scattering. New York: Academic Press, 1980.
van de Hulst, H. C. Multiple Light Scattering, Vol. 2. New York: Academic Press, 1980.
© 1996-2007 Eric W. Weisstein
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