Marshall Rosenbluth Scientist

Marshall Nicholas Rosenbluth (5 February 1927 – 28 September 2003) was an American plasma physicist and member of the National Academy of Sciences. 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 in Plasma Physics (1976), the Enrico Fermi Award (1985), and the Hannes Alfvén Prize (2002).

Personal facts

Birth date	February 05, 1927
Birth place	Albany New York , New York
Nationality	United States
Date of death	September 28, 2003
Place of death	San Diego
Residence	United States
Education	Stuyvesant High School Harvard University University of Chicago
Known for	Metropolis–Hastings algorithm Plasma (physics)