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Charles Critchfield

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American mathematical physicist

United StatesScientistsLived 1910 to 1994 · aged 83
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Charles Louis Critchfield was an American mathematical physicist. A graduate of George Washington University, where he earned his PhD in physics under the direction of Edward Teller in 1939, he conducted research in ballistics at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and the Ballistic Research Laboratory at...

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Eric Jette, Charles Critchfield, and Robert Oppenheimer at Los AlamosEric Jette, Charles Critchfield, and Robert Oppenheimer at Los Alamos

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Fellow of the American Physical Society

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Charles Louis Critchfield was an American mathematical physicist. A graduate of George Washington University, where he earned his PhD in physics under the direction of Edward Teller in 1939, he conducted research in ballistics at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and the Ballistic Research Laboratory at the Aberdeen Proving Ground, and received three patents for improved sabot designs.

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United States
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Scientist
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Lived 1910 to 1994 · aged 83
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