Robert F. Christy
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Robert F. Christy was a Canadian-American theoretical physicist best known for his key role in the Manhattan Project, including designing the "Christy pit" core used in the Trinity test and the Nagasaki atomic bomb.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Robert F. Christy canonical | 2 |
| Robert Frederick Christy | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Canadian-American
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human ⓘ physicist ⓘ theoretical physicist ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Fellow of the American Physical Society
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Enrico Fermi Award ⓘ
surface form:
Fermi Award
Royal Society of Canada Fellowship ⓘ
surface form:
Royal Society of Canada fellowship
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| birthDate | 1916-05-14 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Vancouver
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surface form:
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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| causeOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Canada
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United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 2012-10-03 ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | J. Robert Oppenheimer ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of British Columbia
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University of California, Berkeley ⓘ |
| employer |
California Institute of Technology
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Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ University of Chicago ⓘ |
| era | 20th-century physics ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Canadian of Scottish descent ⓘ |
| familyName | Christy ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
nuclear physics
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theoretical physics ⓘ |
| fullName |
Robert F. Christy
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Robert Frederick Christy
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| genre | nuclear weapons design ⓘ |
| givenName | Robert ⓘ |
| influencedBy | J. Robert Oppenheimer ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Christy pit
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design of the solid-core plutonium implosion device ⓘ work on the Manhattan Project ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Manhattan Project ⓘ |
| militaryProject | development of nuclear weapons during World War II ⓘ |
| notableIdea | solid-core plutonium implosion design ⓘ |
| notableStudent |
Kip Thorne
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surface form:
Kip S. Thorne
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| notableWork |
design of the plutonium core used in the Fat Man bomb
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design of the plutonium core used in the Trinity test ⓘ |
| occupation | university teacher ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Trinity test device
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surface form:
Trinity nuclear test
development of the Fat Man bomb ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
acting president of the California Institute of Technology
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professor of theoretical physics at Caltech ⓘ provost of the California Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| residence |
Pasadena
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surface form:
Pasadena, California, United States
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| spouse | Kendra Harris Christy ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Los Alamos, New Mexico
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Pasadena ⓘ
surface form:
Pasadena, California
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Robert Frederick Christy