Ken brecher biography

          Kenneth Brecher was..

          Kenneth Brecher

          American astronomer

          Kenneth Brecher (born December 7, 1943) is an American professor of astronomy and physics, emeritus at Boston University, with a focus on high-energy astrophysics, relativity, and cosmology.

          Brecher died Monday of complications from cancer at the age of 78, according to Rebecca Rickman, his widow.

        1. Brecher died Monday of complications from cancer at the age of 78, according to Rebecca Rickman, his widow.
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        3. Kenneth Brecher was.
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        5. Kenneth Brecher is an American professor of astronomy and physics, emeritus at Boston University, with a focus on high-energy astrophysics, relativity, and cosmology.

          6. His wife, Aviva Brecher, is also a physicist.

          Early life and education

          Kenneth Brecher was born on December 7, 1943, to a Jewish family in Queens, New York. The son of Irving and Edythe Brecher, he had two brothers.

          His parents co-owned Camp Winneshewauka, a summer camp in Vermont[1], where Brecher spent many summers before he graduated from Great Neck North Senior High School in 1961.[2]

          Brecher attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, earning his SB in physics in 1964 in 3 years.

          He is co-initiator and Project Scientist on the “MicroObservatory Project” which has developed a network of automated astronomical telescopes for student use .

          He stayed at MIT to earn his physics PhD in 1969 with professor Philip Morrison. He did postdoctoral work at the University of California, San Diego in physics from 1969-1972 with professor Geoffrey Burbidge. He met his wife, Aviva Brecher,