Marshall Rosenbluth
American nuclear physicist (1927-2003) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 76
Marshall Nicholas Rosenbluth was an American plasma physicist and member of the National Academy of Sciences, and member of the American Philosophical Society.
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In 1997 he was awarded the National Medal of Science for discoveries in controlled thermonuclear fusion, contributions to plasma physics, and work in computational statistical mechanics. He was also a recipient of the E.O. Lawrence Prize (1964), the Albert Einstein Award (1967), the James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics (1976), the Enrico Fermi Award (1985), and the Hannes Alfvén Prize (2002).
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Roald SagdeevBoth received James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics
Tullio ReggeBoth received Albert Einstein Award
Vladimir FortovBoth received Hannes Alfvén Prize
Joel LebowitzBoth received Dwight Nicholson Medal for OutreachH. Eugene StanleyBoth received Dwight Nicholson Medal for Outreach
Richard F. PostBoth received James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics