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Charles Kittel

American physicist (1916-2019) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 102

Charles Kittel was an American physicist. He was a professor at the University of California, Berkeley from 1951 and was professor emeritus from 1978 until his death. He is known for co-introducing the Ruderman-Kittel-Kasuya-Yosida interaction models and for his famous textbook Introduction to Solid State Physics.

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