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Herman Feshbach

American physicist (1917-2000) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 83

Herman Feshbach was an American physicist. He was an Institute Professor Emeritus of physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Feshbach is best known for Feshbach resonance and for writing, with Philip M. Morse, Methods of Theoretical Physics.

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2000Died22 December 20001986National Medal of ScienceAward1973Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear PhysicsAward1954Guggenheim FellowshipAward1917Born2 February 1917

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National Medal of Science1986
Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics1973
Guggenheim Fellowship1954
Fellow of the American Physical Society

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Country
United States
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1917 to 2000 · aged 83