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Famous person Luis Walter Alvarez
Luis Walter
Alvarez Research paper
By: Lynsie
Spackey, Hour 4
Luis Walter
Alvarez was born in San Francisco California June 13th, 1911 to his
father who was a doctor and his mother who was a missionary’s daughter and had
trained as a grammar school teacher before getting married. He went to the
University of Chicago for prep school and college. Luis received his B.Sc. from
the University of Chicago in 1932, a M.Sc. in 1934, and his Ph.D. in 1936.
Early in his career He worked mostly in
the fields of optics and cosmic rays. And he co-discovered the "East-West
effect" in cosmic rays. Alvarez is a member of: National Academy of Sciences,
American Philosophical Society, American Physical Society America Academy of
Arts and Sciences, and National Academy of Engineering. He was named California
scientist of the year in 1960.
In 1940 he built a radar system for
the government. Also what he is known for most is making the Atom bomb. Even
though it was a huge success and it won the war for the United States, He was
still sad that all those people died. I think this shows allot of good
character, because even though it was a huge accomplishment he was still
worried about the people that got hurt.
Alvarez had
a wife and two children names Walter and Jean. Walter and Luis came up with the
theory that an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs. When he was 77 he died on
September 1, 1988.
Works
cited page
Lynsie
Spackey hour 4
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"Luis Alvarez - Biography".
Nobelprize.org. 6 Feb 2013 http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1968/alvarez-bio.html
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Jacquelyn Keith Karen Frederick, Rheilyn Ponio
Fermin Jaramillo. "Luis Walter Alvarez." Luis Walter Alvarez. n.d. 1.
Print. <http://www.csupomona.edu/~nova/scientists/articles/alverez.html>.
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"Luis Walter Alvarez." Luis Walter
Alvarez. n.d. 1. Print.
<http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Luis_Walter_Alvarez>.
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