Dimitri Mihalas
Dimitri Manuel Mihalas was a laboratory fellow at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in the field of astronomy, astrophysics, and stellar atmospheres. He was born in Los Angeles, California and was of Greek origin.
Mihalas obtained his bachelor's degree in physics, mathematics, and astronomy from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1959. In one year, he received his master's degree from California Institute of Technology in 1960. He completed his PhD degree in three years in 1963 in physics and astronomy, also from California Institute of Technology.
At a very early age of 42, he became a member of the National Academy of Sciences.
Besides a large number of scientific papers, mostly related to radiative transfer, Mihalas authored reference books such as "Stellar Atmospheres".
Mihalas had bipolar disorder. He wrote a number of essays and books on the problem.
Scientific books
- D. Mihalas - Galactic Astronomy., 1968
- D. Mihalas - Stellar Atmospheres., 1970
- D. Mihalas, B. Pagel, and P. Souffrin Theorie des Atmospheres Stellaires. First Advanced Course of the Swiss Society for Astronomy and Astrophysics., 1971
- D. Mihalas - Stellar Atmospheres. 2nd ed., 1978
- D. Mihalas and J. Binney - Galactic Astronomy: Structure and Kinematics of Galaxies., 1981
- D. Mihalas and B. W. Mihalas - Foundations of Radiation Hydrodynamics., 1984. Paperback Edition,, 1999
- R. J. LeVeque, D. Mihalas, E. A. Dorfi, and E. Muller - Computational Methods for Astrophysical Fluid Flow. Saas-Fee Advanced Course 27. Swiss Society for Astronomy and Astrophysics., 1998
- Stellar Atmosphere Modeling: Proceedings of an International Workshop Held in Tubingen, Germany, 8–12 April 2002 Stellar Atmosphere Modeling: Proceedings of an International Workshop Held in Tubingen, Germany, 8–12 April 2002, 2003
- I. Hubený and D. Mihalas - Theory of Stellar Atmospheres: An Introduction to Astrophysical Non-equilibrium Quantitative Spectroscopic Analysis. 2015
- D. Mihalas - Coming Back From The Dead, 1990
- D. Mihalas, A. Sawyer, L. Wainwright - Trilogy in a Minor Key., 1991
- D. Mihalas - Cantata for Six Lives And Continuo, 1992
- D. Mihalas, C. Pursifull - If I Should Die before I Wake If I Should Die before I Wake., 1993
- D. Mihalas - Dream Shadows, 1994
- D. Mihalas - Depression and Spiritual Growth., 1996
- D. Mihalas - Life Matters: Poems by Dimitri Mihalas, 1995
- D. Mihalas - The World Is My Witness, 1997
- D. Mihalas - A Distant Summons, 1998