Dr. Wasley Krogdahl
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Credentials

  • Ph. D. - Astronomy and Astrophysics, Univeristy of Chicago (1942)
  • Naval Ordinance Laboratory (1942 - 1944)
  • Naval B-12 Training, Univeristy of South Carolina (1944 - 1945)
  • Post Doctorate Appointment, Yerkes Observatory (1945 - 1946)
  • Lecturer, Adler Planetarium (1946 - 1958)
  • Department of Astronomy, Northwestern University (1946 - 1958)
  • Mathematics and Astronomy Department, University of Kentucky (1958 - 1963)
  • Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kentucky (1963 - 1986)
  • Harlow Shapley visiting lecturer of the American Astronomical Society at various colleges and universities throughout the South and Midwest United States. (1970 - 1975)
  • Thesis Advisor - Nobel Laureate - Subramanyan Chandrasekhar


Publications:

  • NASA, Mathematician - Celestial Mechanics (1960 - 1963)
  • 1st edition of Astronomical Universe, an elementary astronomy text. (1952)
  • 2nd Edition of Astronomical Universe, an elementary astronomy text. (1962)
  • 1st Edition of Tensor Analysis - Fundamentals and Applications (1978)
  • 2nd Edition of Tensor Analysis - Fundamentals and Applications (2006)