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Philip Morrison (November 7, 1915 – April 22, 2005) was a professor of physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He is known for his work on the Manhattan Project during World War II, and for his later work in quantum physics, nuclear physics, high energy astrophysics, and SETI.
Apr 26, 2005 · Dr. Philip Morrison, who helped assemble the first atomic bomb with his own hands, and then campaigned for the rest of his life against weapons that could deliver such devastation, died Friday at...
Apr 25, 2005 · MIT Institute Professor Emeritus Philip Morrison, a distinguished theoretical astrophysicist and interpreter of science and technology for the general public, died Friday, April 22, at his home. He was 89.
Philip Morrison. (1915 - 2005) Philip Morrison was born on November 7, 1915, in Somerville, New Jersey. Stricken with polio as a child, a disease that left him partly handicapped, he started tinkering with machinery and was building radios by age 5.
Philip Morrison, 89, was an American physicist who was one of the youngest participants in the Manhattan Project and then withdrew from weapons research to focus on a prolific writing and teaching career at MIT.
Apr 26, 2005 · Philip Morrison, one of the youngest physicists to work on the Manhattan Project and a leading voice in post-World War II efforts to contain the bomb, has died.
Philip Morrison—a profile. Valued for his scientific contributions to the Manhattan Project, to theoretical physics and to astrophysics, he has also contributed to the public understanding of science and has been one of the most thoughtful advocates of arms control. Anne Eisenberg. Physics Today 35 (8), 36–41 (1982);
Professor Philip Morrison (1915–2005) was Institute Professor Emeritus and Professor of Physics Emeritus at MIT. Morrison earned his BS at the Carnegie Institute of Technology and in he earned his PhD in theoretical physics at the University of California, Berkeley, under the supervision of J. Robert Oppenheimer.
Apr 25, 2005 · Physicist Philip Morrison, who died on April 22 at age 89, became an outspoken critic of nuclear war and the arms race after helping to develop the atomic bomb. Morrison was also an educator...
Jul 1, 2005 · He was a pioneer in launching the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. And he was a skilled popularizer of science through his book reviews, his courses on physics for poets, many of his...
