Zwicky
Fritz
[frits] /frɪts/ (Show IPA), 1898–1974, Swiss astrophysicist, born in Bulgaria, in the U.S. after 1925.
noun
Fritz. 1898–1974, Swiss astronomer and physicist, working in the US from 1925; noted for his study of supernovae
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