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James Ruffin Webb (October 4, 1909 – September 27, 1974) was an American screenwriter. [1] He was best known for writing the screenplay for the film How the West Was Won (1962), which garnered widespread critical acclaim and earned him an Academy Award.
James Henry Webb Jr. (born February 9, 1946) is an American politician and author. He has served as a United States senator from Virginia, Secretary of the Navy, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs, Counsel for the United States House Committee on Veterans' Affairs [2] and is a Marine Corps officer.
Discover the science mission of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), from exoplanet atmospheres to the first light in the universe—and more!
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- “Cosmic Cliffs” in the Carina Nebula (NIRCam Image)
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- Southern Ring Nebula (NIRCam and MIRI Images Side by Side)
- Webb’s First Deep Field (MIRI and NIRCam Images Side by Side)
- Fomalhaut Dusty Debris Disk (MIRI Image)
- Gravity – Nature's Magnifying Glass
- “Cosmic Cliffs” in the Carina Nebula (NIRCam and MIRI Composite Image)
James R. Webb. Academy Award-winning writer James R. Webb’s credits include Rags to Riches (1941), Apache (1954), Trapeze (1956), The Big Country (1958), Cape Fear (1962), the Oscar-winning How the West Was Won (1962), They Call Me Mister Tibbs (1970), and The Organization (1970).
Dr. Webb is a world-renowned astrophysicist specializing in the variability of Blazars across the Electro-magnetic spectrum. He has hosted international conferences, edited conference proceedings, guest edited publications on Blazar variability, and published a graduate-level textbook on Extra-Galactic Astrophysics.
Dr. James R. Webb. Courses Taught. "Life in the Universe" (AST 2037): This is a new course which is designed for the interested student to scientifically expolre the possibility of life elsewhere in the Universe.
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