Walter Alvarez
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For the physicist (his father), see Luis Walter Alvarez. For the physician (his grandfather), see Walter C. Alvarez.
Walter Alvarez (born October 3, 1940) is a professor in the Earth and Planetary Science department at the University of California, Berkeley. He and his father, Nobel Prize–winning physicist Luis Alvarez, developed the theory that dinosaurs were killed by an asteroid impact.
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Born | Walter Alvarez (1940-10-03) October 3, 1940 (age 83) |
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Known for | Alvarez hypothesis |
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Milly Alvarez (m. 1963) |
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Fields | Geology |
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