His account of this discovery is described in The Extravagant Universe : Exploding Stars, Dark Energy, and the Accelerating Cosmos (2002; )  which has been translated into Japanese, Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese and Czech. He has been a member of the National Academy of Sciences since 1998, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 1992 and the American Philosophical Society since 2005.
His account of this breakthrough is described in The Extravagant Universe : Exploding Stars, Dark Energy, and the Accelerating Cosmos (2002; )  which has been translated into various languages. He has been a respected figure, with memberships in the National Academy of Sciences since 1998, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 1992, and the American Philosophical Society since 2005.