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Died This Day: Luis Alvarez
Source info:
| Author: | Michael J. Ryan, Ph.D. |
|---|---|
| Date: | 2015-09-01 21:51:00 |
| Blog: | Palaeoblog  |
| URL: | http://palaeoblog.blogspot.com/2015/09/died-this-day-luis-alvarez.html |
Summary:
Alvarez (June 13, 1911 - Sept. 1, 1988) was an American experimental physicist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1968 for work that included the discovery of many resonance particles --subatomic particles having extremely short lifetimes and occurring only in high-energy nuclear collisions. In about 1980 Alvarez (left) helped his son, the geologist Walter Alvarez (right),Content analysis:
Geographic context:
| Location | Country | Latitude | Longitude |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | US | 37.1679 | -95.845 |
Keywords:
American experimental physicist, extremely short lifetimes, geologist Walter Alvarez, high-energy nuclear collisions, Luis Alvarez Alvarez, Nobel Prize, resonance particles, subatomic particles
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