Thursday, September 18, 2025

A german astrophysicist sculpted by Auguste Rodin

Heino Falcke just published his latest popular science book. Some scientists know how to present themselves as celebrities.

Google Scholar lists him with over 82,000 lifetime citations, which is not bad.

In an article about this latest book, the Swiss Neue Zuericher Zeitung showed him with this photo. The photo placed next to him shows the first ever photo of a black hole (inside the galaxy Messier 87, 2019).


Rodin's famous sculpture Le Penseur


His latest book:



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