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Exploring Career Options: AstronomyInterview with Luis Ho
Eileen Ptak
Dr. Luis Ho, an astronomer at the Center for Astrophysics at Harvard University, received his Ph.D. in astronomy from the University of California- Berkeley. In August 1998, he will join the staff at The Observatories of the Carnegie Institution in Pasadena, California. In this interview, Dr. Ho tells us about his search for black holes and for a stronger understanding of our place in the universe.
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