George Kistiakowsky

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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.

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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 Kistiakowsky self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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 Humboldt University of Berlin
surface form: Friedrich Wilhelm University

Humboldt University of Berlin
surface form: 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 Kyiv
surface form: 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.

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