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I am not him !! But my real name is really William Wheaton. Sorry for the confusion, but I have priority, having got my name in 1942.
I have especially strong interests in physics, and in space exploration and associated technology.
I got my PhD at UCSD in 1976. After UCSD, I took a postdoc at MIT until 1979. Then I went to JPL to work on cosmic gamma-ray astronomy for 17 years. Then after leaving JPL in 1996, I worked at IPAC on the Caltech campus, on infra-red astronomy, for 15 more.
I finally retired from IPAC in 2010, due to worsening of an old skeletal disability. The latter explains my absence from Wikipedia for the past 10 years. I apologize for leaving here cold turkey, but my disability and sudden change in status made it necessary. I always hope to get back, but based on the past decade, I will be lucky to be able to find the time.
I have a personal web page at
sadly neglected and out of date, which I hope to revitalize someday...
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Some Wiki articles I have contributed to include
The works of Arthur C. Clarke, especially
Pages I watch and likely have an interest in are (as of 11/18/2008):
Please understand that I know essentially nothing about many (or most!) of these.
AWARDS
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The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar | |
| For helping out a n00b(me!) 11341134a (talk) 19:11, 13 March 2008 (UTC) |
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The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar | |
| For helping me out everytime. -- Extra999 (talk) 19:50, 3 November 2009 (UTC) |
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The Extra 999's Guestbook Barnstar | |
| This user has signed Extra 999's guestbook, and deserves this star. If you have not signed yet, be sure to sign. extra999 (talk) |
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Awesome Wikipedian
Wwheaton has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian, and therefore, I've officially declared today as Wwheaton's day!
Keep up this work, |
Test1 Asteroid table test formatting.
Test2 Symbols 4/3/2009
Test3 sockpuppets
Test4 Ref library for LHC safety
Test5 Ref library for Life -- Thermoeconomics aspects.
Test6 X-ray Astronomy table formatting experiments.
Test7 LHC purpose drafts
