Iosif Samuilovich Shklovsky (Russian: Ио́сиф Самуи́лович Шкло́вский; sometimes transliterated Josif, Josif, Shklovskii, Shklovskij) (1 July 1916 – 3 March 1985) was a Soviet astronomer and astrophysicist. He is remembered for work in theoretical astrophysics and other topics, as well as for his 1962 book on extraterrestrial life, the revised and expanded version of which was co-authored by American astronomer Carl Sagan in 1966 as Intelligent Life in the Universe.
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1 July 1916 Hlukhiv, Russian Empire (Present-day Ukraine)
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3 March 1985 (aged 68) Moscow, Soviet Union (Present-Day Russia)
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Zodiac | Cancer |
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