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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

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Title
The Collected Scientific Papers of Robert Hofstadter
Authors:
Douglas R. Hofstadter, Laura Hofstadter
Published:
Bloomington, Indiana. Publisher not identified, 2000
Subjects:
Nuclear Physics
Comment:
Laura is his daughter

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