David H. Frisch | |
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 David H. Frisch Los Alamos wartime security badge. | |
| Born | March 12, 1918 |
| Died | May 23, 1991 (aged 73) |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Princeton |
| Known for | Helped develop the atom bomb in World War II |
| Spouse | Rose Epstein Frisch |
| Awards | Fellow of the American Physical Society |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | Los Alamos |
| Thesis | (1947) |
| Doctoral advisor | Victor Weisskopf |
| Doctoral students | George Smoot[1] |
David Henry Frisch (March 12, 1918 – May 23, 1991) was an American physicist who helped develop the atom bomb in World War II and later became active in the disarmament movement.[2] He was also the husband of Rose Epstein Frisch.
- ^ Katherine Bourzac (12 January 2007). "Nobel Causes". Technology Review. Archived from the original on 2012-01-29. Retrieved 2007-09-05.
And Smoot himself can still vividly recall playing a practical joke on his graduate thesis advisor, MIT physics professor David Frisch.
- ^ Weisskopf, Victor; Low, Francis; Osborne, Louis (July 1992). "Obituary: David H. Frisch". Physics Today. 45 (7): 80–81. Bibcode:1992PhT....45g..80W. doi:10.1063/1.2809748.