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George Kistiakowsky

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Ukrainian-American physical chemistry professor

ScientistsLived 1900 to 1982 · aged 82
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George Bogdanovich Kistiakowsky was a Ukrainian-American physical chemistry professor at Harvard who participated in the Manhattan Project and later served as President Dwight D. Eisenhower's Science Advisor.

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Kistiakowsky's Los Alamos wartime security badgeKistiakowsky's Los Alamos wartime security badgeAtlas, a first-generation intercontinental ballistic missileAtlas, a first-generation intercontinental ballistic missileArthur M. Poskanzer visiting Kistiakowsky GroveArthur M. Poskanzer visiting Kistiakowsky Grove

Awards 10

1972Franklin Medal
1972Priestley Medal
1968Peter Debye Award in Physical Chemistry
1967National Medal of Science
1961Centenary Prize
1961Charles Lathrop Parsons Award
1960Foreign Member of the Royal Society
1947William H. Nichols Medal
Willard Gibbs Award
Fellow of the American Physical Society

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Connected to George 6

James Bryant ConantAlso won Charles Lathrop Parsons AwardMichael GrätzelAlso won Centenary PrizeHenry TizardAlso won Franklin MedalHenry EyringAlso won Willard Gibbs AwardVladimir IpatieffAlso won Willard Gibbs AwardIra RemsenAlso won Priestley Medal

About this person

Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1900 to 1982 · aged 82
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20 languages

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