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Novikov formulated the Novikov self-consistency principle in the mid-1980s, an important contribution to the theory of time travel.

Novikov gained his Ph. D in astrophysics in 1965 and Doctoral Degree in astrophysics in 1970. From 1974 to 1990 he was head of the Department of Relativistic Astrophysics at the Space Research Institute in Moscow. Before 1991 he was head of the Department of Theoretical Astrophyics at the Lebedev Physical Institute in Moscow and has been professor at Moscow State University. Since 1994 has been director of the Theoretical Astrophysics Center (TAC) of the University of CopenhagenThe University of Copenhagen (Kobenhavns Universtitet) is the oldest and largest university and research institution in Denmark. It has almost 33,000 students, a majority of which are female, and more than 6,000 employees. It should not be confused with t, DenmarkKongeriget Danmark ( In Detail) Motto of the Queen: Guds hjaelp, Folkets kaerlighed, Danmarks styrke (English: God's help, the love of the people, Denmark's strength) Official language Danish Capital Copenhagen Kobenhavn Monarch Margrethe II Prime Ministe. He is currently also a professor of astrophysics at the Observatory of the University of Copenhagen, where he has been since 1991. From 19981998 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year of the Ocean''. Events January January 1998 A massive ice storm, caused by El Nino, strikes New England, southern Ontario and Quebec, resulting he is a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical SocietyThe Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) began as the Astronomical Society of London in 1820 to support astronomical research (mainly carried on at the time by 'gentleman astronomers' rather than professionals). It became the Royal Astronomical Society in 183.

Novikov is married to Eleonora Kotok and has two children, Elena and Dimitry. His father disappeared under StalinIosif (Joseph) Vissarionovich Stalin ( Russian: Iosif Vissarionovich Stalin , original name Ioseb Jughashvili ( Georgian: Russian: Iosif Dzhugashvili see Other names section ( December 21 [ December 9, Old Style], 1879 1 March 5, 1953) was a Bolshevik rev and his mother spent years in the gulagGulag (from the Russian — G lavnoye U pravleniye Ispravitelno-trudovykh Lag erey", "The Chief Directorate of Corrective Labor Camps") was the branch of the Soviet internal police and security service that operated the penal system of forced labor camps.. He eventually came under the wing of Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich.

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He wrote several popular books with a huge self-evident fascination, similar to ones of Stephen Hawking:

• Black Holes and the Universe , (translated by Vitaly I. Kisin, Cambridge University Press 1995)
• The River of Time , (translated by Vitaly I. Kisin, Cambridge University Press 1998, 2001)

He has authored or co-authored 15 books on cosmology and astrophysics, and wrote, with Alexander S. Sharov, a biography of Edwin Hubble, E. Hubble, Life and Work (Cambridge University Press 1992).