Howard Alan Smith
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Howard Alan Smith, PhD., is a senior astrophysicist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics,[1] and is the former chair of the astronomy department at Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC.
A well-known research scientist with several hundred scholarly publications, he served as a visiting astronomer at NASA headquarters. 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. 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]
[edit] Works
- Let there be light: modern cosmology and Kabbalah : a new conversation between science and religion. New World Library. 2006. ISBN 9781577315483. http://books.google.com/books?id=9-RPZo51iQkC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Let+There+Be+Light+(book)&hl=en&ei=P4HATPjaGYSKlweoy8WKCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDUQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Let%20There%20Be%20Light%20(book)&f=false.
