Allen V. Astin
American physicist · United States · Scientists · Lived 1904 to 1984 · aged 79
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Allen Varley Astin was an American physicist who served as the fifth director of the United States National Bureau of Standards from 1951 until 1969. During the Second World War he worked on the proximity fuse. He was an advocate for introduction of metric weights and measures to the United States. He was an elected member to the American Philosophical Society, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the National Academy of Sciences.
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