Manuel Peimbert Manuel Peimbert Manuel Peimbert Sierra (born June 9, 1941) is a Mexican astronomer and a faculty member at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). After earning an undergraduate physics degree from UNAM, Peimbert completed a doctorate at the University of California, Berkeley before returning to UNAM as a faculty member. He works at the UNAM Institute of Astronomy. Peimbert was elected a foreign associate of the National Academy of Sciences in 1987. He was inducted into the Colegio Nacional in Mexico in 1993. He received the Hans Bethe Prize from the American Physical Society in 2012. Peimbert and his
Universum (UNAM) and Rock Festival", and a Christmas campaign called "Regalar también tiene ciencia" (Giving also has science). Courses for children and adults include basic astronomy, modern astronomy and constructing a telescope. The museum offers internships and other programs for students in undergraduate programs. The museum has rental facilities including the Teatro Universum, Foro de Quimica, Sala Juárez, Auditorio de la Casita de las Ciencias, Cabina de Radio and Sala Luis Estrada., and a cafeteria and full restaurant. Universum (UNAM) Universum (full name Universum, el Museo de las Ciencias de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México) which translates to Universum, the Science