Luis Walter Alvarez

(1911–1988) Physicist

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Luis Walter Alvarez was a physicist, best known for A study of the diffraction grating at grazing incidence.

Quick Facts About Luis Walter Alvarez

Born: June 13, 1911
Died: September 1, 1988
Profession: Physicist
Notable works: A study of the diffraction grating at grazing incidence

About Luis Walter Alvarez

Luis Walter Alvarez was an American experimental physicist, inventor, and professor who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1968 for his discovery of resonance states in particle physics using the hydrogen bubble chamber. In 2007 the American Journal of Physics commented, "Luis Alvarez was one of the most brilliant and productive experimental physicists of the twentieth century."

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Quotes by Luis Walter Alvarez

[My father] advised me to sit every few months in my reading chair for an entire evening, close my eyes and try…

Luis Walter Alvarez

Advice

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The last few centuries have seen the world freed from several scourges-slavery, for example; death by torture for heretics; and, most recently,…

Luis Walter Alvarez

Believe

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Dirac politely refused Robert's [Robert Oppenheimer] two proffered books: reading books, the Cambridge theoretician announced gravely, "interfered with thought."

Luis Walter Alvarez

Book