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Ray Jayawardhana

Born

Sri Lanka

Website

http://www.rayjay.net/

Twitter

DrRayJay

Genre

Science, Popular Science

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Ray Jayawardhana is a professor and the Canada Research Chair in Observational Astrophysics at the University of Toronto. Originally from Sri Lanka, he is a graduate of Yale and Harvard. He is the co-author of more than one hundred papers in scientific journals. His discoveries have made headlines worldwide, including in The Times, The Economist, Sydney Morning Herald, and BBC News, and have led to numerous accolades such as the Steacie Prize, the McLean Award, the Rutherford Medal, and the Radcliffe Felllowship. He is an award-winning writer whose articles have appeared in the New Scientist, Times Higher Education, and others. He is the author of Strange New Worlds.

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Average rating: 3.95 · 1,464 ratings · 225 reviews · 7 distinct works • Similar authors

	Neutrino Hunters: The Thrilling Chase for a Ghostly Particle to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe 4.03 avg rating — 702 ratings — published 2013 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Child of the Universe by Ray Jayawardhana, Raúl Colón (Illustrations) 3.96 avg rating — 382 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Strange New Worlds: The Search for Alien Planets and Life beyond Our Solar System 3.79 avg rating — 373 ratings — published 2011 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Star Factories: The Birth of Stars and Planets (Turnstone Space Explorer Book) 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2000 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Young Stars Near Earth: Progress and Prospects: Proceedings of a Workshop Held at the Nasa Ames Research Center, Mountain View, California, Usa, 28-30 ... Society of the Pacific Conference Series) by Ray Jayawardhana (Editor), Thomas Peter Greene (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2001	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Man Big and Tall T Shirt A Certain Scientific Railgun Short Sleeve Crew Neck Tee Top White by Ray Jayawardhana, Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Neutrino Hunters: The Thrilling Chase for a Ghostly Particle to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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