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Robert Hofstadter
Robert Hofstadter | |
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 Robert Hofstadter (1961, Nobel Foundation photo) | |
| Born | February 5, 1915 New York City |
| Died | November 17, 1990 (aged 75) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | City College of New York (BS) Princeton University (MS, PhD) |
| Occupation(s) | Nuclear Physicist, Astrophysicist, University Professor |
| Known for | Electron scattering Atomic nuclei Sodium iodide scintillator |
| Spouse | Nancy (Givan) Hofstadter (1920–2007) (3 children including Douglas Hofstadter) |
| Awards | Nobel Prize in Physics (1961) National Medal of Science (1986) Dirac Medal (UNSW) (1987) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | Stanford University University of Pennsylvania |
| Doctoral students | Carol Jo Crannell |
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Robert Hofstadter (February 5, 1915 – November 17, 1990)[1] was an American physicist. He was the joint winner of the 1961 Nobel Prize in Physics (together with Rudolf Mössbauer) "for his pioneering studies of electron scattering in atomic nuclei and for his consequent discoveries concerning the structure of nucleons".[2][3]
- ^ Flint, Peter B., "Obituary: Dr. Robert Hofstadter Dies at 75; Won Nobel Prize in Physics in '61", The New York Times, November 19, 1990.
- ^ R. W. McAllister & Robert Hofstadter, "Elastic Scattering of 188 MeV Electrons from Proton and the Alpha Particle," Physical Review, V102, p. 851 (1956).
- ^ Robert Hofstadter on Nobelprize.org including his Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1961 The Electron-Scattering Method and Its Application to the Structure of Nuclei and Nucleons
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