Robert Serber

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American physicist human theoretical physicist

Robert Serber was an American theoretical physicist best known for his key role in the Manhattan Project, where he helped design the first nuclear weapons and authored the influential "Los Alamos Primer" lectures.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American physicist → human → theoretical physicist →
affiliation	United States atomic weapons program →
awardReceived	J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Prize →
colleague	Edward Teller → Enrico Fermi → Hans Bethe → J. Robert Oppenheimer →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1909-03-14 →
dateOfDeath	1997-06-01 →
described	basic design principles of fission bombs →
doctoralAdvisor	Eugene Wigner →
educatedAt	Lehigh University → Princeton University → University of Wisconsin–Madison →
employer	Columbia University → Los Alamos Laboratory → University of California, Berkeley →
ethnicGroup	Jewish Americans →
familyName	Serber →
fieldOfWork	nuclear physics → theoretical physics →
givenName	Robert →
knownFor	key role in the Manhattan Project → lectures on the design and construction of the first nuclear weapons →
languageSpoken	English →
memberOf	National Academy of Sciences →
militaryConflict	World War II →
notableStudent	Richard Feynman →
notableWork	Los Alamos Primer → The Los Alamos Primer: The First Lectures on How to Build an Atomic Bomb →
occupation	physicist →
participantIn	Manhattan Project →
placeOfBirth	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States →
placeOfDeath	Manhattan, New York City, United States →
religion	Judaism →
residence	Berkeley, California → New York City →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Charlotte Serber → Virginia Serber →
taught	introductory lectures to new scientists at Los Alamos →
workLocation	Berkeley, California → Los Alamos, New Mexico → New York City →
wrote	Los Alamos Primer → Peace and War: Reminiscences of a Life on the Frontiers of Science →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Fat Man →	designer
Robert Brout →	doctoralAdvisor
Los Alamos Laboratory →	employed