Back هاري زفي تابور Arabic هارى تسفى تابور ARZ هری زوی تابور Persian צבי תבור HE Табор, Гарри Цви Russian Harry Zvi Tabor SIMPLE
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Harry Zvi Tabor | |
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הרי צבי תבור | |
 Harry Zvi Tabor with his invention of solar energy trap that absorbs sun rays and converts them into heat, 1955 | |
| Born | March 7, 1917 London, England |
| Died | 15 December 2015 (aged 98) Jerusalem, Israel |
| Alma mater | University of London, Hebrew University |
| Known for | Father of Israeli solar energy |
| Awards | Royal Society Energy Award (1975), Inducted in Solar Hall of Fame (1979), International Solar Energy Society Award (1981), Krupp Foundation Energy Award (1981), Passive Low Energy Architecture International Award (1994), Israeli Knesset Quality of Life Award (1995), Israeli President's Medal of Distinction (2014) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | National Physical Laboratory of Israel |
Harry Zvi Tabor (Hebrew: הרי צבי תבור; March 7, 1917 – December 15, 2015) was an Israeli physicist. He is known as the father of Israeli solar energy.[1][2] He is generally credited with having brought Israel's solar energy program to international prominence.[3]
- ^ BGU shields its eyes and stares into the solar future[permanent dead link], Ehud Zion Waldoks, The Jerusalem Post, November 2, 2008.
- ^ ZION WALDOKS, EHUD. "Bright ideas". jpost.com. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
- ^ Harry Zvi Tabor, Cleveland Cutler, Encyclopedia of the Earth, 2007.