Wolfgang K. H. Panofsky
American physicist (1919-2007) · United States · Scientists · Died at 88
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Something wrong?Wolfgang Kurt Hermann "Pief" Panofsky, was a German-American physicist who won many awards including the National Medal of Science.
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2007Died24 September 20071996Matteucci MedalAward1982Leo Szilard Lectureship AwardAward1978Enrico Fermi AwardAward1970Franklin MedalAward1969National Medal of ScienceAward1963Richtmyer Memorial Lecture AwardAward1961Ernest Orlando Lawrence AwardAward1919Born24 April 1919
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Lived 1919 to 2007 · aged 88
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David RuelleBoth received Matteucci Medal
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