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William Nierenberg
American physicist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
William Aaron Nierenberg (February 13, 1919 ā September 10, 2000) was an American physicist who worked on the Manhattan Project and was director of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography from 1965 through 1986.[1] He was a co-founder of the George C. Marshall Institute in 1984.
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Born | February 13, 1919 New York City, US |
Died | September 10, 2000 |
Alma mater | Columbia University City College of New York |
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Fields | Physics |
Institutions | University of Michigan University of California, Berkeley Scripps Institution of Oceanography |
Doctoral advisor | Norman Ramsey |
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