Joseph O. Hirschfelder

Joseph O. Hirschfelder
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Born(1911-05-27)May 27, 1911
DiedMarch 30, 1990(1990-03-30) (aged 78)
Alma materUniversity of Minnesota
Yale University
Princeton University
Known forHirschfelder–Curtiss variable
Backward differentiation formula
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsInstitute for Advanced Study
University of Wisconsin
National Defense Research Committee
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Thesis (1936)
Doctoral advisorHenry Eyring
Eugene Wigner
Hugh Stott Taylor
Doctoral studentsCharles Francis Curtiss [de]
Robert Byron Bird

Joseph Oakland Hirschfelder (May 27, 1911 – March 30, 1990) was an American physicist who participated in the Manhattan Project and in the creation of the nuclear bomb.[1][2]