Robert G. Sachs
American theoretical physicist (1916–1999) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Robert G. Sachs (May 4, 1916 – April 14, 1999) was an American theoretical physicist, a founder and a director of the Argonne National Laboratory.[1][2][3] Sachs was also notable for his work in theoretical nuclear physics, terminal ballistics, and nuclear power reactors.[3][4] Sachs was also a member of the National Academy of Sciences,[3] chairman of the Academy's Physics Section,[3] chairman of the Academy's Class I (Physical and Mathematical Sciences),[3] and director of the Enrico Fermi Institute of the University of Chicago.[3][4] Sachs was the author of the standard textbook Nuclear Theory (1953).[3]
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Robert G. Sachs | |
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Born | Robert Green Sachs (1916-05-04)May 4, 1916 Hagerstown, Maryland, United States |
Died | April 14, 1999(1999-04-14) (aged 82) |
Alma mater | Johns Hopkins University |
Known for | nuclear physics, terminal ballistics, and nuclear power reactors |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Theoretical physics |
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Thesis | Nuclear spins and magnetic moments by the alpha-particle model (1939) |
Doctoral advisor | Maria Goeppert-Mayer |
Doctoral students | Gene Amdahl Anatole Boris Volkov Kameshwar C. Wali |
Other notable students | Frederick J. Ernst [Wikidata] |
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