Gregory Breit
Gregory Breit (Russian: Григорий Альфредович Брейт-Шнайдер, romanized: Grigory Alfredovich Breit-Shneider; July 14, 1899 – September 13, 1981) was a Russian-born Jewish–American physicist and professor at New York University (1929–1934), University of Wisconsin–Madison (1934–1947), Yale University (1947–1968), and University at Buffalo (1968–1973). In 1921, he was Paul Ehrenfest's assistant in Leiden University.
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Григорий Альфредович Брейт-Шнайдер | |
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Born | Gregory Alfredovich Breit-Schneider June 14, 1899 |
Died | September 13, 1981 82) Salem, Oregon, US | (aged
Alma mater | Johns Hopkins University |
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Awards | Franklin Medal (1964) National Medal of Science (1967) Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics (1969) |
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Fields | Physics |
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Doctoral advisor | Joseph S. Ames |
Notable students | Hubert Mack Thaxton |
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