Marshall Rosenbluth

Marshall Rosenbluth
Rosenbluth in 1994
Born(1927-02-05)February 5, 1927
DiedSeptember 28, 2003(2003-09-28) (aged 76)
Alma materHarvard University (BS)
University of Chicago (PhD)
Known forPlasma Physics
Rosenbluth potentials
Metropolis algorithm
Rosenbluth formula
Spouse(s)Arianna Rosenbluth
Sara Rosenbluth
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsGeneral Atomics
UC San Diego
Princeton University
University of Texas at Austin
Doctoral advisorEdward Teller

Marshall Nicholas Rosenbluth (5 February 1927 – 28 September 2003) was an American plasma physicist and member of the National Academy of Sciences,[1] and member of the American Philosophical Society.[2] In 1997 he was awarded the National Medal of Science for discoveries in controlled thermonuclear fusion, contributions to plasma physics, and work in computational statistical mechanics. He was also a recipient of the E.O. Lawrence Prize (1964), the Albert Einstein Award (1967), the James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics (1976), the Enrico Fermi Award (1985), and the Hannes Alfvén Prize (2002).

  1. ^ "M. N. Rosenbluth". www.nasonline.org. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
  2. ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2021-12-06.