Gindilis Lev Mironovich General data:
Born: 03.09.1932
Place of birth: Kiev City, Kiev region, Ukrainian SSR
Studied in: M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (1955);
Key interests: history of astronomy, decameter radio astronomy, popularization of astronomy. PhD Thesis: Absolute counter-spectrophotometry (1962 );
Biography:
He was born on September 3, 1932 in Kyiv City of Kyiv region of Ukrainian SSR.
In 1955 he graduated from the Astronomical Department of M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University.
Since 1955 he has been working at the P. K. Sternberg State Astronomical Institute. He passed the career steps of an astronomer from senior laboratory assistant to senior researcher. since 1965 he has been working in the department of radio astronomy. During 1958-1963 he was the head of the permanent Alpine Expedition of the P. K. Sternberg State Astronomical Institute (later transformed into the Tien Shan Station of the P. K. Sternberg State Astronomical Institute).
In 1962 he defended his dissertation on the topic: "Absolute spectrophotometry of counteraction". N. N. Pariysky was his scientific supervisor.
In 1957, in connection with the International Geophysical Year, he took part in the organization and work of the Alpine Expedition of the PK Sternberg State Astronomical Institute in the Trans-Ili Alatay. In 1964 he took part in the organization of the first All-Union Conference on International Civilization in Burakan city of Armenia.
In 1965, in connection with the development of research on the search for extraterrestrial civilizations, he moved to the Department of Radio Astronomy of the P. K. Sternberg State Astronomical Institute.
He participated in the creation of a radio telescope with a reflector mirror with a diameter of about 600 meters (RATAN-600). During 1967-1977 he was authorized by the Department of General Physics and Astronomy of the USSR Academy of Sciences with PATN-600. During 1974-1975 he was the acting head of the laboratory of the P. K. Sternberg State Astronomical Institute at RATAN-600.
Scientific works concern the study of long celestial objects that are dimly lit: zodiacal light, backlight, glow of the night sky. In 1962, he developed a theory of counter-glow, linking this phenomenon with the scattering of sunlight on particles of interplanetary dust. He turned to the study of space dust in the following years. At his initiative, a working group was set up to study space dust. As part of the program of the Scientific Council on Astrobiology at the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences, dust was collected in large areas of the Altai and Antarctica. Together with V. A. Tselmovich from the Institute of Vision Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, he conducted research on the dust components of the Chelyabinsk meteorite.
He participated in a number of projects to search for radio signals of extraterrestrial civilizations.
In 1971 he developed a method for finding pulse signals with compensation for the dispersion of the interconnected medium. He is the organizer and participant of many major meetings and conferences on external civilization. In 1968-1969 he gave a course of lectures on the basics of interstellar communication for students of the astronomical department of M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University. He pays great attention to the history, methodology and philosophy of science, as well as its promotion and work with children and youth.
He is the author of more than 300 scientific and popular science articles, author of 7 books and co-author of 5 collective monographs.
He is a member of the Scientific Council on Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Scientific Council on Astrobiology under the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences, a member of the SETI Committee of the International Astronautical Academy, and for many years. He was awarded the title of "Honored Researcher of Moscow State University named after M. V. Lomonosov", is a full member of the K. E. Tsiolkovsky Russian Academy of Cosmonautics.
Sources:
1 Àñòðîíîìû Ðîññèè 1917-2017/ íàó÷. ðåä. À.Ì.×åðåïàùóê, Êàçàíü, Êàçàí. ôåä. óí-ò, 2017.- 568ñ- C.106
