Luis Walter Alvarez
(1911-1988)
American physicist
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Luis Walter Alvarez (June 13, 1911 – September 1, 1988) was an American experimental physicist, inventor, and professor who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1968 for development of the hydrogen bubble chamber enabling discovery of resonance states in particle physics. The American Journal of Physics commented, "Luis Alvarez was one of the most brilliant and productive experimental physicists of the twentieth century."
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13 June 1911 San Francisco, California, USA
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1 September 1988 (aged 77) Berkeley, California, US
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| Zodiac | Gemini |
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