Percy, John -

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Personal Information
First Name: 
John
Last Name: 
Percy
Department / Program: 
OTHER
Other: 
Astronomy & Astrophysics
University Affiliation: 
University of Toronto
Phone: 
905 828.5351
Email Address: 
john.percy@utoronto.ca
Area of Research
Subject: 
Astronomy
Education
Geographical Region: 
Global
Time Period: 
Current
Specific Area of Research: 
Stars and stellar evolution, science education. My present interest in history and philosophy is in connection with International Year of Astronomy 2009, celebrating the 400th anniversary of Galileo's development and first use of the telescope. I am a member of the IYA Canada Committee, and coordinator for U of T.
Academics
PHD Program: 
Astronomy
PHD University: 
University of Toronto
PHD Date: 
1968
Major Publications: 
Percy, J.R. And Wilson, J.B. (editors) 2000: Amateur-Professional Partnerships in Astronomy, San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, pp. 414;Percy, J.R. 2003, "Citizen Science", in OISE Papers in STSE Education, ed. D. Hodson, Toronto: 91-106 Percy, J.R. and four students, 2009, "Quantifying Irregularity in Pulsating Red Gants", Journal of the American Association of Variable Star Observers, 37, 71. Turner, D.G., Percy, J.R.et al. 2009, "Stochastic Processes in Yellow and Red Pulsating Variables", in AIP Conf. Series, 1170,167.
Membership in Academic Societies: 
International Astronomical Union, American Astronomical Society, Canadian Astronomical Society, Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Science
Courses Taught: 
Undergraduate courses on science education, and on astronomy, Currently Emeritus