Howard Alan Smith

Howard Alan Smith is a senior astrophysicist at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian,[1] and is the former chair of the astronomy department at Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC.

A research scientist with several hundred scholarly publications, he served as a visiting astronomer at NASA headquarters.[citation needed] He was co-investigator of Kuiper Airborne Observatory (KAO) discovery of a stellar laser at MWC 349.[2]

Active in public education, he has been recognized by Harvard for excellence in teaching.[citation needed] He is a traditional, observant Jew, and has lectured on cosmology and Kabbalah for over twenty years.

He taught a cosmology telecourse for Our Learning Company.[3]

Works

  • Let there be light: modern cosmology and Kabbalah : a new conversation between science and religion. New World Library. 2006. ISBN 978-1-57731-548-3.

References

  1. ^ "Annual Reports of Astronomical Observatories and Departments: National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution , Laboratory for Astrophysics". Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 26: 399. 1994. Bibcode:1994BAAS...26..399.
  2. ^ "MWC 349, Natural Infra Red Laser Star".
  3. ^ "Modern Cosmology and Kabbalah I Tele-Webcourse with Dr. Howard Smith". Archived from the original on 2011-02-05. Retrieved 2010-10-21.