Steven Soter

Steven Soter
BornMay 1943
Alma materUniversity of California, Los Angeles (Astronomy & physics)
Cornell University (Ph.D)
Known forCosmos: A Personal Voyage, Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey
AwardsPrimetime Emmy Award (for writing of Cosmos)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysical cosmology, astrophysics
Doctoral advisorsThomas Gold, Carl Sagan, Joseph Burns

Steven Soter is an astrophysicist currently holding the positions of scientist-in-residence for New York University's Environmental Studies Program and of Research Associate for the Department of Astrophysics at the American Museum of Natural History. He is a proponent of the International Astronomical Union's definition of planet.


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