Joseph O. Hirschfelder
American physicist (1911–1990) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Joseph Oakland Hirschfelder (May 27, 1911 – March 30, 1990) was an American physicist who participated in the Manhattan Project and in the creation of the nuclear bomb.[1][2]
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Joseph O. Hirschfelder | |
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Born | (1911-05-27)May 27, 1911 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
Died | March 30, 1990(1990-03-30) (aged 78) |
Alma mater | University of Minnesota Yale University Princeton University |
Known for | Hirschfelder–Curtiss variable Backward differentiation formula |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics |
Institutions | Institute for Advanced Study University of Wisconsin National Defense Research Committee Los Alamos National Laboratory |
Thesis | (1936) |
Doctoral advisor | Henry Eyring Eugene Wigner Hugh Stott Taylor |
Doctoral students | Charles Francis Curtiss [de] Robert Byron Bird |
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