Facts:   - death date: 21 april 1985    - spouse: jean      - education: b.s. ohio state university in 1949 mathematics from antioch college in 1944 m.a. from    - birth date: 30 december 1918    - name: carl a. wiley    - death place: westchester , los angeles    - birth place: princeton , new jersey   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of carl a. wiley .
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carl atwood wiley -lrb- december 30 , 1918 -- april 21 , 1985 -rrb- was an american mathematician and engineer .he is most widely known as the originator of the solar sail concept as well as the inventor of synthetic aperture radar .