Anthony R. Michaelis

Anthony R. Michaelis (22 August 1916 – 18 October 2007) was a science journalist and publisher.

Whilst at the Daily Telegraph, in 1968, Michaelis was the first person to coin and use the term "Pulsar" to describe the discovery of Jocelyn Bell Burnell and Antony Hewish of the "Pulsating Radio star" in 1967.

Michaelis became known as an expert on the subject of scientific cinematography. From 1950 to 1954 he worked at the University of Sydney and during this time wrote much of the textbook Research Films (1956, US). The National Library of Australia holds material related to the publication of this book.

He died in Heidelberg in 2007.

Books Overall Reports (editor), 1947 Research Films, 1956 Discovery (editor), 1955 From Semaphore to Satellite, 1960 The Scientific Temper, 2001