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Walter Greiner

German physicist (1935-2016) · Germany · On the map · Scientists · Died at 80

Walter Greiner was a German theoretical physicist and professor of the Goethe University Frankfurt. His research interests lay in atomic physics, heavy ion physics, nuclear physics, elementary particle physics.

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2016Died6 October 20162008Lise Meitner PrizeAward2000Honorary Doctorate from University of NantesAward1991Honorary Doctor of Louis Pasteur UniversityAward1982Otto-Hahn Prize of the City of Frankfurt am MainAward1974Max Born PrizeAward1935Born29 October 1935

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Lise Meitner Prize2008
Honorary Doctorate from University of Nantes2000
Honorary Doctor of Louis Pasteur University1991
Otto-Hahn Prize of the City of Frankfurt am Main1982
Max Born Prize1974
Honorary Doctor of Tel Aviv University
Honorary Doctor of the University of the Witwatersrand

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He is known for his series of books in theoretical physics, particularly in Germany but also around the world.

Country
Germany
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1935 to 2016 · aged 80