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Richard Garwin

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American physicist (1928-2025)

United StatesScientistsLived 1928 to 2025 · aged 97
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Richard Lawrence Garwin was an American physicist and government advisor, best known as the author of the first hydrogen bomb design.

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Awards 9

2016Presidential Medal of Freedom
2002National Medal of Science
2002Grand Prize of the French Academy of Science
1996Enrico Fermi Award
1988AAAS Award for Scientific Freedom and Responsibility
1976Leo Szilard Lectureship Award
IBM Fellow
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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Country
United States
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1928 to 2025 · aged 97
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16 languages

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