The Most Productive Years of Average Astronomers. (2nd October 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Abt, Helmut A.
• Is Part Of: Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. Volume 129:Number 981(2017)
• Publication Date: 2017-10-02
• Subjects: methods: data analysis; Astronomy -- Periodicals; Astronomy; Periodicals; Periodicals; 520.5
• DOI: 10.1088/1538-3873/aa8cbc
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0004-6280

Abstract

Abstract: We learned previously that geniuses and outstanding scientists have peak productivities in their 30s but produce little late in life. This time we consider average astronomers who have completed their careers (25 American Astronomical Society members who died recently) and found that they peak in their mid 40s and did half of their life's important output after age 50.