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He is the author of ''The Extravagant Universe : Exploding Stars, Dark Energy, and the Accelerating Cosmos'' ( 2002 ; ISBN 0691058628) and has been a member of the National Academy Of Sciences since 1998 . He has also been the President of the American Astronomical Society since June of 2004 . He received his undergraduate degree ''magna cum laude'' in Astronomy from Harvard in 1970 , and his Ph.D., also in Astronomy, from Caltech . Prior to joining Harvard in 1985 , he worked at Kitt Peak National Observatory and taught at Michigan University for 9 years. He is the co-Master of Quincy House , one of Harvard's 12 undergraduate houses, along with his wife Jayne Loader . EXTERNAL LINKS
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