Robert Hofstadter Ph.D.
Robert Hofstadter Ph.D.
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1961
National Medal of Science – Physical Science 1986
Nobel co-recipient Rudolf Mössbauer
Nuclear and particle physicist. Discoverer of sodium iodide scintillation counters. Carried out electron scattering from atomic nuclei, revealing structure of nuclei and nucleons. Original proposer of two-mile SLAC linear accelerator. Pioneer of gamma-ray astronomy, using EGRET detector aboard the Compton observatory. Research in laser fusion, applications of physics to medicine.
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Honoring Hofstadter
Nat’l Medal – Physical Sciences
Books
Title
High-energy Electron Scattering Tables
Author:
Robert Herman, Robert Hofstadter
Publisher:
Stanford University Press, 1960
IDBN:
0804705887, 9780804705882
Length:
278 pages
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