Edward Robert Harrison
Edward R. "Ted" Harrison (8 January 1919 – 29 January 2007) was a British astronomer and cosmologist, who spent much of his career at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and University of Arizona, USA. He is noted for his work about the increase of fluctuations in the expanding universe, for his explanation of Olber's Paradox, and for his books on cosmology for lay readers.
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