Hong-Yee Chiu Explained

Hong-Yee Chiu (; born October 1932) is a Taiwanese-American astrophysicist, at NASA for 35 years, and successful publisher of EHGBooks micro-publishing company. He was born in Shanghai, China.

Career

Chiu graduated from National Taiwan University and in 1959 received his PhD in Astrophysics from Cornell University. After graduation, he was a member at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, until 1961.[1]

Chiu served as a Space Astrophysics Scientist for NASA for over 35 years.[2] [3] He was credited as the first scientist to introduce the term "quasar," in his Physics Today article in May 1964.[4] [5] In 1969, Chiu became the first Chinese-American scientist to receive the NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal.[6]

After his retirement from NASA, Chiu started the EHanism Group and developed an EHGBooks micropublishing app with some notable Chinese computer scientists in order to promote Chinese culture and Sinology memory. With his niece and assistant Nonny Hsueh, the family helped the National Central Library of Taiwan to participate in the World Digital Library organization under the auspices of UNESCO in 2008. Later on, Chiu led the EHanism Group to develop the first Amazon Micropublishing Chinese Solution in 2012. Chiu is the host of the 2013 Taiwan Reunion Program for NTU Early Graduates in commemoration of the 85th anniversary of National Taiwan University.[7]

Family

His father, Han-Ping Chiu, was a famous economist and lawyer in Shanghai during the Republican Era in China and the financial prime minister of Fukien Province, China. His late brother Hungdah Chiu was a notable scholar of international law.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hong-Yee Chiu . Institute for Advanced Study . 9 December 2019 . 20 June 2020.
  2. Web site: Hong-yee Chiu smoking a pipe at NASA Institute for Space Studies in New York City . AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives . 5 March 2024.
  3. Web site: Publications by Hong-Yee Chiu . National Aeronautics and Space Administration: Goddard Institute for Space Studies . 20 June 2020.
  4. Chiu . Hong-Yee . Gravitational collapse . Physics Today . May 1964 . 17 . 5 . 21–34 . 10.1063/1.3051610 . 1964PhT....17e..21C . So far, the clumsily long name 'quasi-stellar radio sources' is used to describe these objects. Because the nature of these objects is entirely unknown, it is hard to prepare a short, appropriate nomenclature for them so that their essential properties are obvious from their name. For convenience, the abbreviated form 'quasar' will be used throughout this paper.. free .
  5. Web site: Hong-Yee Chiu (b. 1932). Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-0238. April 6, 2013. Summary: Chinese-American astrophysicist Hong-Yee Chiu (b. 1932) is credited with coining the term "quasar" in 1964..
  6. Web site: Chiu . Hong-Yee . NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal . history.nasa.gov . 20 June 2020 . 1969.
  7. Web site: "Two hundred early NTU American alumni plan to return next year to their alma mater to participate in the 85th anniversary celebration to promote the issue of 'memoirs of NTU people' " (Chinese). National Taiwan University. April 6, 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141102134204/http://host.cc.ntu.edu.tw/sec/schinfo/schinfo_asp/ShowContent.asp?num=1116&sn=11280. November 2, 2014.
  8. Web site: Neutrino theory of stellar collapse in type 2 supernova. Hong-Yee. Chiu. Robert W.. Fuller. January 1, 1960. Internet Archive.

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