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# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:58:22.390Z

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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Donald Arthur Glaser was born September 21, 1926. A physicist first, he built the bubble chamber and claimed the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1960 while still young. Later he shifted lanes entirely into biology, spending decades in a second scientific life far from particle tracks. He died February 28, 2013, having worked two careers most people don't get one shot at.