Stirling Colgate
American physicist (1925–2013) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Stirling Auchincloss Colgate (/ˈkoʊlɡeɪt/; November 14, 1925 – December 1, 2013) was an American nuclear physicist at the Los Alamos National Laboratory and a professor emeritus of physics at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology from 1965 to 1974, of which he also served its president.[1][2]
Stirling Colgate | |
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Born | (1925-11-14)November 14, 1925 New York City, New York, U.S. |
Died | December 1, 2013(2013-12-01) (aged 88) Los Alamos, New Mexico, U.S. |
Citizenship | United States |
Alma mater | |
Known for | Thermonuclear weapon |
Awards | Bruno Rossi Prize (1990) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Nuclear physics |
Institutions | |
A scion of the Colgate toothpaste family,[3] he was America's premier diagnostics scientist on thermonuclear weapons during the early years at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, and later in Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). While much of his involvement with physics is still highly classified, he made many contributions in the open literature including physics education and astrophysics, specifically studying plasma physics.[4]