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Luis W. Alvarez

Born January 13, 1911(1911-01-13)
San Francisco, California, USA
Died September 1, 1988 (aged 77)
Fields Physics
Institutions University of California, Berkeley
Alma mater University of Chicago
Notable awards Nobel Prize in Physics (1968)


Luis W. Events 532 - Nika riots in Constantinople. 888 - Odo Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 462 - Possible start of first Byzantine indiction cycle. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Physics (Greek Physis - φύσις in everyday terms is the Science of Matter and its motion. The University of California Berkeley (also referred to as Cal, Berkeley and UC Berkeley) is a major research university located in Berkeley Alma mater is Latin for "nourishing mother" It was used in Ancient Rome as a title for the mother Goddess, and in Medieval The University of Chicago is a Private university located principally in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago. The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Alvarez (June 13, 1911 – September 1, 1988), San Francisco, California, USA, was a famed American Nobel Prize-winning physicist of Spanish and Cuban descent, who spent nearly all of his long professional career on the faculty of the University of California, Berkeley. Events 1525 - Martin Luther marries Katharina von Bora, against the Celibacy rule decreed by the Roman Catholic Church for Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 462 - Possible start of first Byzantine indiction cycle. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Nobel Prize (Nobelpriset (Nobelprisen is a Swedish prize established in the 1895 will of Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel; it was first awarded in Peace, Literature Physics (Greek Physis - φύσις in everyday terms is the Science of Matter and its motion. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. The University of California Berkeley (also referred to as Cal, Berkeley and UC Berkeley) is a major research university located in Berkeley

He was the son of famed physician Walter C. Alvarez and grandson of Luis F. Alvarez, who worked as a doctor in Hawaii and developed a method for the better diagnosis of macular leprosy. For his grandson the American geology professor see Walter Alvarez. Luis F Álvarez ( April 1, 1853 &ndash May 24, 1937) was a Spanish American physician and researcher who practiced in both California His aunt, Mabel Alvarez, was a California artist who specialized in oil painting. Mabel Alvarez ( November 28, 1891 &ndash March 13, 1985) was an Spanish - U His son, Walter Alvarez, is a noted Professor of Geology at the University of California, Berkeley. For his grandfather the American doctor see Walter C Alvarez.

Alvarez attended the University of Chicago, where he received his bachelor's degree in 1932, his master's degree in 1934, and his PhD in 1936. The University of Chicago is a Private university located principally in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago. A bachelor's degree is usually an Undergraduate Academic degree awarded for a course or major that generally lasts for three four or in some cases and Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. "PhD" redirects here for other uses see PhD (disambiguation. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

During World War II, Alvarez was a key participant in the Manhattan Project including Project Alberta on the dropping of the bomb, and in war projects in general. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The World War II Manhattan Project developed the first Nuclear weapon (atomic bomb Project Alberta was a section of the Manhattan Project which developed the means of delivering the first atomic bombs, used by the United States Army He flew as a scientific observer of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on The Great Artiste. The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were nuclear attacks near the end of World War II against the Empire of Japan by the United States at The Great Artiste was a US Army Air Forces B-29 Bomber (B-29-40-MO 44-27353 victor number 89 assigned to the 393rd Bomb Squadron

Alvarez and his student Lawrence Johnston designed the exploding-bridgewire detonators for the spherical implosives used on the Trinity and Nagasaki bombs[1]. The exploding-bridgewire detonator ( EBW, also known as exploding wire detonator) was invented by Luis Alvarez and Lawrence Johnson for the "Fat Man" is the codename for the Atomic bomb that was detonated over Nagasaki, Japan, by the United States on August 9

In addition to weaponry-related projects, he also did important work relating to radar and navigation technologies. Radar is a system that uses electromagnetic waves to identify the range altitude direction or speed of both moving and fixed objects such as Aircraft, ships In particular, he received the 1945 Collier Trophy, the highest government honor in aviation, for developing the Ground Controlled Approach system (GCA), which pilots can use to land a plane in low visibility conditions. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar After the war he went on to invent the synchrotron. A synchrotron is a particular type of cyclic Particle accelerator in which the magnetic field (to turn the particles so they circulate and the electric field (to accelerate

Later in his career, Alvarez won the 1968 Nobel Prize in Physics for "the discovery of a large number of resonance states, made possible through his development of the technique of using hydrogen bubble chamber and data analysis". Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. A bubble chamber is a vessel filled with a superheated transparent Liquid (most often Liquid hydrogen) used to detect electrically charged This research was significant because it allowed scientists to record and study the short lived particles created in particle accelerators.

In 1980, he and his son, Walter, presented the asteroid-impact theory as an explanation for the presence of an unusual abundance of iridium associated with the geological event referred to as the K-T extinction boundary. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) For his grandfather the American doctor see Walter C Alvarez. See also Impact crater An impact event is the Collision of a large Meteoroid, Asteroid or Comet (generically The term iridium anomaly commonly refers to an unusual abundance of the Chemical element Iridium in a layer of rock strata, often taken as evidence of an Iridium (ɪˈrɪdiəm is a Chemical element that has the symbol Ir and Atomic number 77 The Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction event, which occurred approximately ( Ma) was a large-scale mass extinction of animal and plant species in a geologically Ten years after this initial proposal, evidence of a huge impact crater called Chicxulub off the coast of Mexico strongly confirmed their theory. In the broadest sense the term impact crater can be applied to any depression natural or manmade resulting from the high velocity impact of a projectile with larger body The Chicxulub Crater (tʃikʃuˈlub is an ancient Impact crater buried underneath the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. Since that time, the concept of impact by an extraterrestrial body has become the most widely accepted explanation for the extinction of the dinosaurs.

Alvarez also proposed a jet-recoil theory for the Kennedy assassination to explain why John F. Kennedy's head jerked backwards if Lee Harvey Oswald, shooting from behind the president, was the assassin. The assassination of John F Kennedy, the thirty-fifth President of the United States, took place on Friday November 22 1963 in Dallas Texas John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy (May 29 1917&ndashNovember 22 1963 often referred to by his initials JFK, was the thirty-fifth President of Lee Harvey Oswald (October 18 1939 &ndash November 24 1963 was according to three United States government investigations the assassin of U

In 1978, he was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) The National Inventors Hall of Fame is an organization that recognizes Inventors and invention everywhere promotes creativity and advances the spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship

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