Kameshwar C. Wali | |
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Born | |
Died | January 14, 2022 Syracuse, New York, U.S. | (aged 94)
Alma mater | University of Wisconsin, Madison Banaras Hindu University |
Known for | Symmetry properties of fundamental particles and their interactions History of physics and physicists |
Spouse | Kashi Wali |
Scientific career | |
Fields | theoretical physics |
Institutions | Syracuse University |
Thesis | The nucleon structure and the electromagnetic form factors. (1959) |
Doctoral advisor | Robert G. Sachs |
Kameshwar C. Wali (October 15, 1927 – January 14, 2022) was an Indian-born American theoretical physicist who was the Distinguished Research Professor of Physics Emeritus at Syracuse University's College of Arts and Sciences. He was a specialist in high energy physics, particularly symmetries and dynamics of elementary particles, and the author of Chandra: A Biography of S. Chandrasekhar and Cremona Violins: a physicist's quest for the secrets of Stradivari.