About Mike Disney
Born 1937. Mike Disney is a British astronomer and astrophysicist.
Michael John Disney (born Bristol, England, 7 October 1937) is an astrophysicist. He discovered the optical component of the Crab Pulsar in 1969 with John Cocke, which was the first optical pulsar ever observed.
Disney was a member of the team that designed the camera for the Hubble Space Telescope. He was one of the pioneers in the discovery of low surface brightness galaxies.
Disney was a professor at Cardiff University until his forced retirement in 2005. Disney is an outspoken critic of the standard model of cosmology.
He was the co-author with Alan Wright of the humorous (and often mis-attributed) short story 'Impure Mathematics'.
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Who is Mike Disney?
British astronomer
When was Mike Disney born?
Mike Disney was born on 10 October 1937 in Birmingham.
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Mike Disney is an astronomer and astrophysicist.
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Mike Disney is British.
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