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Robert Hofstadter

Physics

Robert Hofstadter was an American physicist. He studied the scattering of electrons by atomic nuclei, work that revealed information about the internal structure and size of protons and neutrons. He received the 1961 Nobel Prize in Physics for his pioneering studies of electron scattering in atomic nuclei and his consequent discoveries concerning the structure of nucleons.

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Birth Year
1915 1
Death Date
1990-11-17 1
Death Year
1990 1
Death Place
Stanford, United States 1
Nationality
United States 1
Birthplace
New York City, United States 1
Field
Field (category)
Physics 1
Field (category)
Astrophysics 1
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1. Robert Hofstadter (Wikidata)
  • P570 (date of death): year
    +1990-11-17T00:00:00Z
  • P570 (date of death): full date
    +1990-11-17T00:00:00Z
  • P27 (country of citizenship): United States
    Q30
  • P20 (place of death): Stanford, United States
    Q173813
  • P19 (place of birth): New York City, United States
    Q60
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Robert Hofstadter (Wikipedia)
  • Works In: Physics, Lead sentence
    Robert Hofstadter (February 5, 1915, November 17, 1990) was an American physicist.
  • Member Of: National Academy of Sciences, Categories
    Category:Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences
  • Member Of: American Physical Society, Categories
    Category:Fellows of the American Physical Society
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