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*** ,1911
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September 1, 1988 (77 years old)
Zodiac Sign
Gemini
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Luis Walter Alvarez
Luis Walter Alvarez was an American experimental physicist, inventor, and professor who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1968 for development of the hydrogen bubble chamber enabling discovery of resonance states in particle physics. The American Journal of Physics commented, "Luis Alvarez was one of the most brilliant and productive experimental physicists of the twentieth century." After receiving his PhD from the University of Chicago in 1936, Alvarez went to work for Ernest Lawrence at the Radiation Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley. Alvarez devised a set of experiments to observe K-electron capture in radioactive nuclei, predicted by the beta decay theory but never before observed. He produced tritium using the cyclotron and measured its lifetime. In collaboration with Felix Bloch, he measured the magnetic moment of the neutron.
BornJune 13, 1911, San Francisco, California, US
DiedSeptember 1, 1988, Berkeley, California, US
NationalityAmerican
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Berkeley
Alma materUniversity of Chicago
Notable awardsMedal for Merit (1947), National Medal of Science (1963), Nobel Prize in Physics (1968), Enrico Fermi Award (1987)

About Luis Walter Alvarez

Physicist Luis Walter Alvarez was born in San Francisco, California, United States on June 13, 1911. He dies at the age of 77, on September 1, 1988.

A renowned physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1968 for his role in the development of a liquid hydrogen bubble chamber. He worked on high-profile initiatives such as the Manhattan Project and the x-raying of Egyptian pyramids.

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Luis Walter Alvarez before becoming famous

Luis Walter Alvarez was born in the Zodiac sign Gemini (The Twins), and 1911 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Pig (豬).

In 1936, he got his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago.

Achievement of Luis Walter Alvarez

He came up with the theory that dinosaur extinction was caused by an asteroid, which he developed in partnership with his son.

Luis Walter Alvarez's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

Walter Alvarez, a well-known geologist, is his son.

Luis Walter Alvarez Collabed with

During World War II, he collaborated with Physicist Robert Oppenheimer on the Manhattan Project, which created the first atomic weapons.

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J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904 - 1967)

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Luis Walter Alvarez Income & Net worth

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