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Gerald E. Brown

American theoretical physicist (1926-2013) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 86

Gerald Edward Brown was an American theoretical physicist who worked on nuclear physics and astrophysics. Since 1968 he had been a professor at the Stony Brook University. He was a distinguished professor emeritus of the C. N. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics at Stony Brook University.

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2013Died31 May 20132003Wilbur Cross MedalAward2001Hans A. Bethe PrizeAward1997Max Planck MedalAward1992John Price Wetherill MedalAward1982Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear PhysicsAward1926Born22 July 1926

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Wilbur Cross Medal2003
Hans A. Bethe Prize2001
Max Planck Medal1997
John Price Wetherill Medal1992
Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics1982
Doctor Honoris Causa of the University of Helsinki
Honorary Doctor of the University of Birmingham
Honorary Doctorate of the University of Copenhagen

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Country
United States
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1926 to 2013 · aged 86