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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instanceOf American physicist ⓘ
human ⓘ
theoretical physicist ⓘ
affiliation Manhattan Project ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
Los Alamos Primer ⓘ
surface form: The Los Alamos Primer: The First Lectures on How to Build an Atomic Bomb
occupation physicist ⓘ
participantIn Manhattan Project ⓘ
placeOfBirth Philadelphia ⓘ
surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
placeOfDeath Manhattan ⓘ
surface form: Manhattan, New York City, United States
religion Judaism ⓘ
residence Berkeley ⓘ
surface form: Berkeley, California

New York City ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Charlotte Serber ⓘ
Charlotte Serber ⓘ
surface form: Virginia Serber
taught introductory lectures to new scientists at Los Alamos ⓘ
workLocation Berkeley ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ

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Los Alamos Laboratory → employed → Robert Serber ⓘ
Fat Man → designer → Robert Serber ⓘ
Robert Brout → doctoralAdvisor → Robert Serber ⓘ
Serber → notableBearer → Robert Serber ⓘ
Serber → hasNotableAssociation → Robert Serber ⓘ
Los Alamos Primer → author → Robert Serber ⓘ
Los Alamos Primer → writtenBy → Robert Serber ⓘ
Peace and War: Reminiscences of a Life on the Frontiers of Science → author → Robert Serber ⓘ
Peace and War: Reminiscences of a Life on the Frontiers of Science → mainSubject → Robert Serber ⓘ
Peace and War: Reminiscences of a Life on the Frontiers of Science → hasContributor → Robert Serber ⓘ