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Klaus Fuchs

(1911–1988) Nuclear Physicist

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Klaus Fuchs was a nuclear physicist, best known for Zur Bedeutung der Theoretischen Physik Für Die Naturwissenschaften.

Quick Facts About Klaus Fuchs

Born
December 29, 1911
Died
January 28, 1988
Profession
Nuclear Physicist
Notable works
Zur Bedeutung der Theoretischen Physik Für Die Naturwissenschaften

About Klaus Fuchs

Klaus Emil Julius Fuchs was a German theoretical physicist, atomic spy, and communist who supplied information from the American, British, and Canadian Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union during and shortly after World War II. While at the Los Alamos Laboratory, Fuchs was responsible for many significant theoretical calculations relating to the first nuclear weapons and, later, early models of the hydrogen bomb. After his conviction in 1950, he served nine years in prison in the United Kingdom, then migrated to East Germany where he resumed his career as a physicist and scientific leader.

Biography source: Wikipedia

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