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  1. www.britannica.com › biography › Luis-AlvarezLuis Alvarez | Biography, Research, Nobel Prize, & Facts

    Jun 9, 2024 · Luis W. Alvarez. Born: June 13, 1911, San Francisco, California, U.S. Died: September 1, 1988, Berkeley, California (aged 77) Awards And Honors: Nobel Prize (1968) Notable Family Members: son Walter Alvarez. Subjects Of Study: K–T boundary. catastrophism. electron capture. magnetic moment. neutron.

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  3. observervoice.com › 13-june-remembering-luisLuis Walter Alvarez: Trailblazing the Frontiers of Physics ...

    Jun 12, 2024 · In collaboration with his son, geologist Walter Alvarez, Luis Alvarez put forth the hypothesis that a massive asteroid impact caused the extinction event approximately 66 million years ago. This theory gained widespread acceptance and revolutionized our understanding of Earth’s history.

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    Jun 22, 2024 · Luis and Walter Alvarez. Physicist Luis Alvarez (left) and his geologist son Walter standing next to a clay layer containing iridium at a limestone outcropping near Gubbio, Italy, in 1981. The iridium layer is thought to mark the K–T boundary. (more)

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  6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Hydrogen_isotopeHydrogen isotope biogeochemistry - Wikipedia

    5 days ago · The work of Luis Walter Alvarez and Robert Cornog first isolated 3 H and reversed Rutherford's incorrect notion. Alvarez reasoned that tritium was radioactive, but did not measure the half-life, though calculations at the time suggested over ten years.

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    Jun 19, 2024 · Alex Wolff as Luis Walter Alvarez Guy Burnet as George Eltenton Emma Dumont as Jackie Oppenheimer Jack utmore─Scott as Security Officer Lyall Johnson Scott Grimes as Counsel Gary Oldman as Harry S. Truman Hap Lawrence as Lyndon B. Johnson Harry Groener as Sen. Gale W. McGee Pat Skipperas Secretary of State James F. Byrnes

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  9. jwa.org › encyclopedia › authorLuis Alvarez | Jewish Women's Archive

    Jun 23, 2024 · Luis Alvarez (1911–1988). An American experimental physicist who joined the faculty of the University of California, Berkeley in 1936, Dr. Alvarez was responsible for the design and construction of the Berkeley 40-foot proton linear accelerator, which was completed in 1947.

  10. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › List_of_Nobel_laureates_byList of Nobel laureates by university affiliation - Wikipedia

    4 days ago · This list of Nobel laureates by university affiliation shows the university affiliations of individual winners of the Nobel Prize since 1901 and the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences since 1969. The affiliations are those at the time of the Nobel Prize announcement. [1]