Mike Disney

Mike Disney: Michael John Disney (b. Bristol, Avon and Somerset, England, October 10, 1937) is an astrophysicist. He discovered the optical component of the Crab Pulsar in 1969^[1] with John Cocke. This was the first optical pulsar ever observed.

He was also one of the pioneers in the discovery of low surface brightness galaxies.

Disney was a professor at Cardiff University until his retirement in 2005, and is now Professor Emeritus.

He was the co-author with Alan Wright of the humorous (and often mis-attributed) short story 'Impure Mathematics'.

References

^ A Pulsar Discovery - Moments of Discovery:1968

External links

Cardiff University's School of Physics and Astronomy

Mike Disney's homepage

Oral History interview transcript with Michael Disney 19 February 1976, American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library and Archives

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