George Kistiakowsky

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Ukrainian-American explosives expert human physical chemist

George Kistiakowsky was a Ukrainian-American physical chemist and explosives expert who played a key role in the Manhattan Project and later served as science advisor to U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Aliases (2)

George B. Kistiakowsky ×2
George Bogdanovich Kistiakowsky ×1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Ukrainian-American → explosives expert → human → physical chemist →
academicDegree	PhD in chemistry →
advisorTo	Dwight D. Eisenhower →
awardReceived	Medal for Merit → Presidential Medal of Merit →
birthName	George Bogdanovich Kistiakowsky →
child	Vera Kistiakowsky →
citizenship	United States of America →
countryOfBirth	Russian Empire →
countryOfDeath	United States of America →
countryOfResidence	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1900-11-18 →
dateOfDeath	1982-12-07 →
educatedAt	Friedrich Wilhelm University → University of Berlin →
employer	Harvard University →
ethnicOrigin	Ukrainian →
familyName	Kistiakowsky →
fieldOfWork	detonation physics → explosives → physical chemistry →
givenName	George →
knownFor	advising on U.S. science and technology policy → design of explosive lenses for the plutonium bomb → opposition to further nuclear weapons testing →
languageSpoken	English → German → Russian →
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences → Manhattan Project → National Academy of Sciences → President's Science Advisory Committee →
movement	nuclear disarmament movement →
notableWork	contributions to the Manhattan Project → development of explosive lenses for the implosion-type nuclear weapon →
occupation	chemist → science advisor → university professor →
placeOfBirth	Kiev → Russian Empire →
placeOfDeath	Cambridge, Massachusetts →
positionHeld	Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology → head of the Explosives Division at Los Alamos → science advisor to the President of the United States →
spouse	Emma Kistiakowsky →
workLocation	Harvard University → Los Alamos Laboratory → Washington, D.C. →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
George Kistiakowsky ("George Bogdanovich Kistiakowsky") →	birthName
President's Science Advisory Committee ("George B. Kistiakowsky") →	chairperson
Fat Man →	designer
Los Alamos Laboratory →	employed
Tuxedo Park private laboratory →	hostedScientist
Project Y →	involvedScientist
President's Science Advisory Committee ("George B. Kistiakowsky") →	member