Gerald Edward Brown | |
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Born | |
Died | May 31, 2013 New York City, US | (aged 86)
Alma mater | University of Wisconsin Yale University University of Birmingham |
Known for | Elucidating the effects of various nuclear constituents on nucleon interactions and nucleon structure |
Awards | Hans Bethe Prize Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics Max Planck Medal |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Quantum mechanics, Nuclear Physics |
Institutions | Stony Brook University NORDITA Princeton University |
Theses | |
Doctoral advisors | Gregory Breit (at Yale) Rudolf Peierls (at Birmingham) |
Doctoral students | Elliott H. Lieb Che-Ming Ko Ulf-G. Meißner Kevin S. Bedell |
Website | tonic |
Gerald Edward Brown (also known as Gerry Brown, July 22, 1926 - May 31, 2013)[1] was an American theoretical physicist who worked on nuclear physics and astrophysics. Since 1968 he had been a professor at the Stony Brook University.[2] He was a distinguished professor emeritus of the C. N. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics at Stony Brook University.