Luis Alvarez

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Nobel laureate in Physics experimental physicist human

Luis Alvarez was an American experimental physicist and Nobel laureate known for his work on radar, the Manhattan Project, and the discovery of numerous particle resonances.

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Label	Occurrences
Luis Walter Alvarez	9
Luis W. Alvarez	6
Luis Alvarez canonical	2

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nobel laureate in Physics ⓘ experimental physicist ⓘ human ⓘ
academicDegree	PhD in physics ⓘ
awardReceived	Albert Einstein Medal ⓘ Collier Trophy ⓘ Comstock Prize in Physics ⓘ Enrico Fermi Award ⓘ Ernest O. Lawrence Award ⓘ Medal for Merit ⓘ National Medal of Science ⓘ Nobel Prize in Physics ⓘ
coAuthor	Walter Alvarez ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1911-06-13 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1988-09-01 ⓘ
educatedAt	University of Chicago ⓘ
employer	Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ⓘ Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ Massachusetts Institute of Technology Radiation Laboratory ⓘ surface form: Radiation Laboratory (MIT) University of California, Berkeley ⓘ
familyName	Alvarez ⓘ
fieldOfWork	archaeology (remote sensing) ⓘ aviation safety ⓘ experimental physics ⓘ nuclear physics ⓘ particle physics ⓘ radar technology ⓘ
givenName	Luis ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
memberOf	Manhattan Project ⓘ
militaryBranch	United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
militaryRank	lieutenant colonel ⓘ
notableIdea	application of cosmic-ray muon tomography to archaeology ⓘ asteroid impact hypothesis for Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction ⓘ use of liquid hydrogen bubble chamber for particle detection ⓘ
notableWork	analysis of Zapruder film of John F. Kennedy assassination ⓘ discovery of numerous particle resonances ⓘ hydrogen bubble chamber experiments ⓘ muon-catalyzed fusion experiments ⓘ paper proposing extraterrestrial cause for Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event ⓘ
occupation	inventor ⓘ physicist ⓘ
participatedIn	development of detonators for the Hiroshima atomic bomb ⓘ development of ground-controlled approach radar ⓘ development of proximity fuse ⓘ development of radar systems during World War II ⓘ
placeOfBirth	San Francisco, California, United States of America ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Berkeley ⓘ surface form: Berkeley, California, United States of America
residence	Berkeley ⓘ surface form: Berkeley, California, United States of America
sexOrGender	male ⓘ

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Los Alamos Laboratory → employed → Luis Alvarez ⓘ

Enrico Fermi Award → notableRecipient → Luis Alvarez ⓘ

this entity surface form: Luis W. Alvarez

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Radiation Laboratory → employed → Luis Alvarez ⓘ

this entity surface form: Luis W. Alvarez

Project Alberta → hadMember → Luis Alvarez ⓘ

this entity surface form: Luis W. Alvarez

Wolf Foundation → hasNotableLaureate → Luis Alvarez ⓘ

Radiation Laboratory → employerOf → Luis Alvarez ⓘ

this entity surface form: Luis W. Alvarez

Edwin McMillan → notableStudent → Luis Alvarez ⓘ